Big D Trenton

[rooferbird]

i do think its on the tail end, i know some guys who caught nice fish last week and again on sunday, i am going to plan on getting down there earlier next year, I hear there can be some great action, I'll be throwing eels up here the next couple months

[AndyS]

Sorry Eddie those days are long gone. From the NJ Fishing Digest:

Herring, Alewife and Blueback Herring : ALL freshwater streams, rivers and marine waters. CLOSED Possesion, take or attempt to take is PROHIBITED.
I think this is a FEDERAL law now, get busted, the G men will tow you away to prison.

[catfishonthelake]

Originally Posted by AndyS

I guess bait and wait. Would those stripers chow down on say a Bomber ,Yo-zuri or Storm shad ?

I hooked a keeper striper on Kopper's Smelt in Trenton last year on a float. Only problem was that I was trying to unhook the anchor to keep us from moving while I was fighting the fish. I had a medium action rod with 8-pound test and even at that had the fish to the boat a bunch of times, but while I was still screwing with the hook it took a dive under the boat and took my Kopper's Smelt with it. It was very overcast that day. From what I've heard and the little I experienced, it can be tough with artificials since there are so many herring in the river. Lowlight conditions are better for lures. I imagine the same is true in the Raritan to some degree. I bet you'd find a lot more stripers hanging in those tailwaters were it legal to harness a live herring. I sure as hell won't tell on you though.