Last Day of School Fishing: Assunpink, Spring Lake

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Woke up today, took my last final, and wanted to start the summer off the right way.

Took my friend out on Lake Assunpink on my 2 person kayak. Now I should say right now, my friend has never caught a fish before, or has ever been freshwater fishing. We got a couple bites and I caught a small bass early in the trip. A couple hours later, he threw near some fallen trees and some lilly pads (like had been fishing for years), and says "I think I got one." And of course, he has a nice 15.5", 2.5 pound fish! Beginners luck, I guess

He had to go home early, so we packed up and I dropped him off at his house. Spring Lake was only 15 minutes away, and I heard of a fellow NJfisherman having success over there, so I figured why the hell not.

So I park my car, walk over to the shoreline, and BAM first cast 16" inch bass! Not a bad start to my first cast at a new place, I thought. Two casts later, I get whacked again and the rod doubles over and this hog just starts jumping. She must have cleared the water 4 times. Finally landed her, and she was just shy of 22", and according to online resources she must have been a little over 6 pounds! Not bad for a NJ fish!

Pics to prove it happened. (sorry for the shitty photo of my PB, my iphone camera is broken and I left the camera at home)