Raritan river 4/16/24:

[AndyS]

FINALLY got out and got my first fish of 2024 !!! Uncle Ken and I hit the BIG water, we did ok. We both lost a drag burner, big jump, headshake, gone !!
Hit Duke Island Park, Robert St. and Orlando Park Raritan Borough, Robert St where we did the best. A guy soaking Power Cheese up at the falls said the Eagles were feasting yesterday, I guess better than those pesky cormorants.
Hoping to have more fishing time now as I quit my job and put in for my Railroad Retirement pension. First I have to get through open heart surgery to repair my mitral valve next week, just a speed bump ??? we shall see. The Veterans Administration gave me carte blanche at Deborah in Browns Mills to get done whatever I need to get done, thanx to your tax payer dollars
Will be wearing my NJF T shirt to the hospital next week. Catherization showed no signs of any blockages and the T.E.E showed my mitral valve flapping in the breeze ! Kinda sucks and the nice weather is just getting here, might have been better to recover in January and February when nothing is going on but I really can't pick and choose.