Great First Day of Spring.........

[njfisherman1975]

Looks like a bill plate cut??? Pickerel do that to me all of the time if it is...nice fish!!

[bunker dunker]

Congrats!!!!! Always Remember Ya Have To Give To Get

[Skunk City]

Nice! These guys will hit in the higher water, just need to be more selective with spots!

[AndyS]

Nice healthy looking fish. That section of water looks no bigger than the Millstone river by me that is also stocked with Pike.

[Buschwacker]

Nice catch ... congrats!

[PGAProfishional]

NJG,

Nice Fishes! Hearty & Healthy...Thanks for the Spinner report as well. I thought the water temp may be a bit to cold.....did you slow-roll that bad boy?

Hope to catch up with you out there some day soon bro..

That wound is a Badge of Honor!!

Be Good

[NorthJerzyG]

Thanks everyone. The first fish actually nicked my thumb a bit, not that bad. The second got me a little better. I wasn't even going to try the last spot but said screw it and left my backpack in the car. When I caught the second fish I didn't want to prolong his time out of the water and the lure was right in the corner of his mouth so I went for it. Soon as I popped the hook he clamped down as I was pulling away. Gotta say, those are some sharp teeth cause I didn't even feel it when it happened (may have been adrenaline). Couple casts later I look down and see that I'm smearing blood all over my cork handle, lol........

As far as the spinner, I kinda surprised myself!! I'd say moderate speed.Trying to keep it going just fast enough to keep from from snagging up on the bottom.

Went back out for a bit yesterday. No bait but had a decent size fish follow in a spinnerbait........