Pike-a-thon, No Winner, New Develpoments

[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.

[buzzbaiter]

Please kill as many as you can. Damn things muddy up the river. I've been on the river at dawn a few times only to find it yoohoo. No rain for days so the only source was the carp. Annoying sob's...I wish pike ate them

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.

Warmwater fish don't really start to show up in the river until July or when temps reach and stay above 70F. I work near the river river for years and never saw any sunfish/baitfish showing up until the river hit the 70F mark. Once they show up, the gamefish show up. This is true of most large rivers as well. The river seems empty all spring then one day you see redbreast sunfish, smallmouth, suckers and rock bass. I often wonder where they heck they hide all spring???

[Fish n Jeep]

I enjoyed meeting everybody! A bad day fishing is better than a good day working, as they say. I pulled in 3 dink smallies on my go-to lure and got a start on my farmer tan. All in all, a good day in my book.

[ScowardNJ]

Good day on the Passiac despite the carp orgy. Thanks to everyone putting this together! After this weekend, the kayak will be on the roof everyday until June 4th. Anyone looking to do a midweek, after work, 2 vehicle float trip in upper Passiac stretches, PM me and we'll see if we can get something going. Good luck everyone!

[Skunk City]

48 hours in and no weigh-in photos yet? Everyone still healing from Saturday's beatdown? LOL!