Raritan river R&V Trout Unlimited float trip 8/25/18:

[thmyorke1]

Agree, a pleasure fishing with them.

Learned a bit using those small jigs; there's redbreast everywhere, dink lmb love them, and smallmouth don't bother with small stuff.

Hope to see us do it again. I was thinking the fly rods would be killer down by the flats in bound brook.

[Lard Almighty]

Once the sun came out the smallies hunkered down. I was dragging tubes to put a catch together on the lower SB. Caught maybe a dozen, biggest around 15".

Originally Posted by thmyorke1

Learned a bit using those small jigs; there's redbreast everywhere, dink lmb love them, and smallmouth don't bother with small stuff.

Tiny jigs used to be my weapon of choice on that river when I was a kid. All the sunnies, rock bass, and little smallies you wanted!

[thmyorke1]

Originally Posted by Lard Almighty

Once the sun came out the smallies hunkered down. I was dragging tubes to put a catch together on the lower SB. Caught maybe a dozen, biggest around 15".

Tiny jigs used to be my weapon of choice on that river when I was a kid. All the sunnies, rock bass, and little smallies you wanted!

Did well with the same jig in skinny water, like upper north branch, but couldnt entice any good smallmouth on it today in the big water. Probably the fact that we'd stop and anchor in slow spots for the rest of the gang to fish.

That SB report was definitely refreshing to see!

[AndyS]

I thought we had just enough cloud cover to keep things interesting, that along with the slight stain and deep holes it should have all came together. Maybe next time.

[FASTEDDIE29]

Perfect day to float a river!!!! Great pics and looks like good times were bad by all!!!! Ahhhhhgggggggg, full moon will mess things up sometimes.

[icebadger]

looks like a good float trip.. those smallies can be real tough even those ideal conditions, they may have fed before you got to them. what was the edging spade for digging for mussels? no float trip is complete without andy pulling a tire or two. great report

[AndyS]

A few more pics.
I know those SMB are in there somewhere !