Nj pb wild brown/ laker beat down at the valley

[Mikey topaz]

Well I stuck a fork in ice season early this year…. I did a lot of swinging for the fence with little to show for it. Saturday I got up early to check on some of my pets that I couldn’t get to because of the ice all winter. They were there where I left them and they sure were hungry. Ended up with a few but got a really nice wild brown probably my personal best in Nj. Fish fought awesome on the ultralight on 4 lb test. Sunday i fired up the mamba and headed to the valley to see what was going on there. Found plenty of lakers close to shore and caught them well on the flats,wire,leadcore,& riggers. Plenty of releases but I did keep my daily limit of 6 for the smoker. Plenty of fish close to shore right now don’t necessarily need a boat right now, get out and give it a try guys. Good luck

[icebadger]

Very nice brown for sure congrats. nice fish all around..

[Capt. Lou]

Nice , Mikey , good start !

[fishingbuddies]

Congrats on the PB.
Thinking of heading to RV for my 1st laker on Yak. Waiting for the ice up here to melt at this point. Any pointers for lakers? Depth? Troll? Jig?
Spoons? Keitechs?
TY in advance.

[Mikey topaz]

Originally Posted by fishingbuddies

Congrats on the PB.
Thinking of heading to RV for my 1st laker on Yak. Waiting for the ice up here to melt at this point. Any pointers for lakers? Depth? Troll? Jig?
Spoons? Keitechs?
TY in advance.

Lakers are evreywhere this time of year guys have been well from shore out to 50 feet water. They are always 70-80 also binsky and blue and silver cast masters work well jiggin . You can find some marks or structure and set up and down like a live bait… or troll around with spoons and rapalas. Good luck

[fishingbuddies]

TY Sir

[thmyorke1]

great looking brown trout ! lakers-a-plenty

[DanH]

Nice work!

[FASTEDDIE29]

Congrats on the PB Brown my brother. That’s a beauty! Trolling time already. Laker slaughter!!!

[Pondhopper8]

Nice start!! Great looking fish!!