Open Water Thread.....

[catfishonthelake]

Originally Posted by AndyS

Rivers: North, South and main stem Raritan wide open and ready to be fished !!

Can I put a 14-foot aluminum V-hull in there? Are they electric only and if not, is there a horsepower limit? Where are the launches? Are there muskies in there?

[Hookmanski]

Originally Posted by catfishonthelake

Can I put a 14-foot aluminum V-hull in there? Are they electric only and if not, is there a horsepower limit? Where are the launches? Are there muskies in there?

9.9 HP limit on gas motors i believe, main launch is near the kayak launch. I don't believe it has any Musky, but that place is enormous so who knows!

[catfishonthelake]

Originally Posted by Hookmanski

9.9 HP limit on gas motors i believe, main launch is near the kayak launch. I don't believe it has any Musky, but that place is enormous so who knows!

Familiar with RVR...I was replying to the quirky Raritan River cheerleader.

[Hookmanski]

Originally Posted by catfishonthelake

Familiar with RVR...I was replying to the quirky Raritan River cheerleader.

LOL woops! dont mind me!

Also, I believe the south lot referred to earlier is known as "Ranger Cove".

[FASTEDDIE29]

I would launch at Merrill creek! Give that FF a good test run on a very dynamic reservoir. Bait balls, suspended fish, drop offs, humps, depth. That place has it all. Well not Musky, LOL! South side of Monks might be open!!!

[ALS Mako]

Delaware is wide open. From the gap to belvedere at least. No ice what so ever and the flow was good as well. And there are muskie in there as well.

[Jigman13]

All the water I've seen in Middlesex county is wide open so I assume manasquan res, Carnegie and Mercer lake are all open.

[catfishonthelake]

Originally Posted by ALS Mako

Delaware is wide open. From the gap to belvedere at least. No ice what so ever and the flow was good as well. And there are muskie in there as well.

Sold thanks man appreciate the info.

If anyone passes by and that changes before next Wed can you update plz?

[Hookmanski]

Originally Posted by FASTEDDIE29

I would launch at Merrill creek! Give that FF a good test run on a very dynamic reservoir. Bait balls, suspended fish, drop offs, humps, depth. That place has it all. Well not Musky, LOL! South side of Monks might be open!!!

I'm launching the Yak there ASAP!! Haven't fished it before, sounds like a dream place to throw a deadly nedly around

[reason162]

Originally Posted by Hookmanski

I'm launching the Yak there ASAP!! Haven't fished it before, sounds like a dream place to throw a deadly nedly around

I know I sound like a broken record on this, but you need dry gear until water temps come up. Follow the 120 rule: water + air temps = 120, anything less and drysuit/wetsuit/waders+drytop.

MC stays cold a lot longer than the lower lakes, and the wind there can pick up out of nowhere.