Pike & Cats Today.......

[NorthJerzyG]

Planned on takin the boat out tonight but a flat tire earlier today made me change my plans. Can't be towin with a donut on the ride, lol. Decided to go spot hoppin from shore instead.

First spot was a bust. Not a sniff, moved on......second spot was one I'd been scoping out but never tried. After about 30min I got a nice violent strike on an inline. Pulled drag for a min before coming in. Nice low 30's pike. Didn't weigh em but the hand scale said 7'ish pounds. Hung around for a bit with nothin else and moved on.

I had picked up some livers on my way out so spot 3 was my catfish spot. Landed bullheads like crazy with a couple small channels mixed in. Then I set the hook on a nice channel. Peeled line like a beast!!! Didn't weigh em, but the hand scale said around 8#. Sweeeeet!!!

As soon as the sun went down the bugs got vicious. Since I hadn't sprayed myself I decided to pack it up. Not a bad couple hours worth of fishin.....

[Jigman13]

Nice fish dude. That channel is huge!

[gnuisance]

Nice haul! I assume that was on the passaic? Was the river insanely high?

[FASTEDDIE29]

Nice catch G! Healthy Pike and Channel! AWESOME!!!

[Skunk City]

Very nice multi-species angling. How was the water? I checked the USGS gauge for Two Bridges and saw it went up a bit with the storms.

[msgdan]

Nice solid pike and a great catfish !! I have never tried bottom fishing in the river, but after seeing that, I might have to give it a try. There are a few deep spots where I fish that should hold a few.

Danny V