Raritan River 7/16/11

[Lard Almighty]

Met up with my dad at 3:00 and we hit the Raritan at Nevius Street. Dad picked away at some small fish and I caught two decent smallies on a Pop-R, all downstream from the foot bridge. On the way back up we found a hole underneath a downed tree that was stacked with panfish. It was drop and reel on sunnies and rock bass until we got sick of it. We finished with about 20 fish between the two of us, nothing big. Dad called it a day, but I wanted to keep going, so I made a move to the South Branch in Neshanic Station.

Got to the white bridge at a quarter to six, started working upstream from the mill. I threw a plastic craw and a senko, but no touches. I tied the Pop-R back on, and on my first cast missed a smallie that jumped two feet in the air. I decided to stick with the Pop-R for the rest of the evening. I worked about a half mile upstream, and picked at fairly small fish. I landed about five, missed strikes on probably twice as many. On my way out Maddhatterr met me, and we fished and shot the breeze for a while. He got two rock bass on a senko, I left him fishing to get a head start on the ride home.

Beautiful day to be out fishing. Lots of life in the river today: tadpoles, baitfish, snakes, toads, not to mention the fleet of kayakers and tubers that floated past all day. Water was low, warm, and fairly clear. I'll be back to the river again before the summer is over.

[AndyS]

Were the kayakers and tubers on the SB or the Raritan ?

Thanx for the report and the call.

It was a nice day and wish I could have gotten out sooner but its work before play....Didn't do much after Lard Almighty left.....got one on the black w/ blue flake soft plastic craw Craig gave me....small but a nice fish none the less and then one more on a floating jointed Rapala just above the mill on my way back to the car in the dark.....That one was maybe a pound and Half....it fought real nice and was expecting some thing alittle bigger....

On another note....Lard had this real neat head cam. thing goin on! For all you guys out there that just got to get it on film you should check in to them...looked them up online and they run about $300. This way you won't have to try and reel and film at the same time....

[AJFISH13]

Smallies on topwater are awesome. Nice job.

[Lard Almighty]

Originally Posted by AndyS

Were the kayakers and tubers on the SB or the Raritan ?

Thanx for the report and the call.

All on the SB. About 10 people floated past me in an hour.

EDIT: Here's a link to a quick video I threw together.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTX3XeFRhj8

[FASTEDDIE29]

Sounds like an egggggggsellent day on da da da da wata! GOOOOOOD JOBO!

man that picture quality is great...much better than i had expected....really suprised more guys aren't usein something like that over the old hand helds....great job Lard Almighty and thanks for sharin!!!!!