FYI: Winter Trout Stocking Begins November 19

[Mark B.]

Originally Posted by Lard Almighty

Mark,

Do you know how far up into Deal Lake the saltwater made it? I know the creek arms extend almost two miles from the coast.

Very interesting about the state record striper coming out of Deal Lake. Was that before or after the east end was levied and the drain pipe installed? I know any kind of storm surge will back saltwater up into the lake and the stripers will swim up.

I received a photo of a dead, 36" muskie from the Sunset Ave. Bridge. An angler, that I know, lives on Deal Lake about as far as you can go, westward on the southern-most arm in Asbury Park. He reported many dead carp & distressed LMB's, N. Pike & Blk. crappies. Guess that they were all swimming to the freshwater source,.......which I know is fairly minimal, under normal conditions, for that lake.

Not sure of the exact year for that FW striper record. Had to be the late 1970's. I believe the previous, or subsequent FW striper record, to that one, came from Union Lake. NJDF&W had stocked pure strain stripers there for a period of time.