Pike-a-thon, No Winner, New Develpoments

[Worksforjerks]

I like this plan. Good to meet everyone today

[flyboy1]

I got a late start today and didn't hit the water until 9:30am but I did meet a few guys and it was nice to put names with some faces...

Unfortunately No PIKE ... I have no idea what was going on today and I even fished a couple of my "Go To" spots where I am always guaranteed to land a Pike but struck out... however, I did manage 2 decent size Largemouth

Hope to do this again with everyone... I had a good time...

[cmoran719]

Was cool meeting everyone. It was too bad no one got a pike, but at least some bass were pulled in.

Btw, after leaving I went down below the dam to try for some smallies. Had a crayfish jig on. Once again, the area was swarmed with carp. The water was so low and it was pocket water so you could see like 20 carp bunched up in one little pool. No smallies, but I managed to get a carp hooked in the mouth, I would assume I snagged em but since it was in the mouth is it possible he would have went for it? I doubt it. I snagged 1 more briefly that luckly came off, I saw he was snagged in the tail. Decided to leave at that point since there was no sign of smallies and I didn't wanna hurt any carp.

Was a fun fight landing this guy in close-quarters pocket water






Pike a thon pre-launch

[Doug Vitale]

Don't feel bad, guys. Last summer in June my friend came all the way up from Florida to do some NJ fishing, especially to do some piking in the Passaic. We put the boat in at 2 Bridges Road and headed a couple of miles upstream into the Great Piece Meadows.

I don't think I've ever seen a "fishier" stretch of river...weeds, fallen trees, lily pads, you name it. I was sure the place was full of bass, pickerel, pike, etc.

You can imagine my disappointment when, after 3 hours of near nonstop casting of lures and live-lining shiners, that we didn't get a single bite...not "a single fish", but a single bite.

We headed back to 2 Bridges Rd. and turned upstream into the Pompton River. After just one hour there, we had gotten four or five fish (all small, and all bass). The famous Passaic Pike were MIA that day.

[NorthJerzyG]

Just as I suspected, SKUNKED!!! Funny thing is, in the first 30min after launch my buddy had a mid 20" fish follow right up to the boat. After a couple more casts and no fish we breezed by thinkin we need something bigger, lol. Oh well, that's fishin. And I gotta say, it was def interesting having 10+ pound carp crashing into the bottom and back of the boat every so often. I think one was trying to get busy with my motor, lol. The carp had the water so stirred up Im not surprised there was no catchin goin on.

Def cool meeting some fellow members and great anglers. And thanks again to FastEddie for puttin it all together. Lookin forward to seein what kind of beasts get caught and posted in the coming month (just remember to take it easy on the fish during weigh in). I know ill be out there huntin for "another" money fish, lol..........

[birddog]

Is bow fishing allowed there?

[Skunk City]

Originally Posted by birddog

Is bow fishing allowed there?

I've seen guys bowfishing out there. I want to try it after seeing so many on Saturday.