Merrill Creek Res. 5/18/13:

[FASTEDDIE29]

Another great pic from Wilson!!!!!!! Maybe u should set the Herring 20 feet down and keep your fingers crossed............

[bigfishy]

Sounds almost exactly like our results from there yesterday....We saved a little money on the herring , only getting four doz....we trolled, checking our baits every so often....We had at least a dozen fish follow us up during bait checks.....One nice rainbow shredded our herring while avoiding the hook and a few fish did the usual, smack the bait to kill it but didi not go back in for the meal....Any day now, that place will blow up with action....Your ten dozen will come in handy within the next week er so....Good luck out there

[Wilson]

Originally Posted by FASTEDDIE29

Another great pic from Wilson!!!!!!! Maybe u should set the Herring 20 feet down and keep your fingers crossed............

There a number of good fish photographers out there, I'm just a hack.

[lunkertaker]

Man this place is SO on the the ta-do list

[flatcreek]

You said something about it raining all week when you were on vacation. Well I don't know about rain all week but it looks like it could be a tough one. Good luck on your quest the herring futures depend on it. Nice pic Wilson, how about another trip to SR one evening?

[cantcatchme]

Nice fish! I have to get up to some of those northern lakes and see what kind of hurtin I can put on them. We have the boat to do it. Just have to invest in a decent finder and GPS.

[AndyS]

I don't have a depth finder, fish finder or GPS. The best fish finder is the one between your shoulders. After a few years, most New Jersey lakes are easy to figure out, getting the fish to bite is another story.
A contour map is as far as I go, I'm low tech.

[njfisherman1975]

Nice looking fish...who says u gotta go to Canada to get lakers when u can catch them like that in New Jersey!!!

[Mike M]

Nice catch Andy. I hope you get the browns next time. At least you got a laker.

[rooferbird]

Thanks for the report, I tried MCR 2 weeks ago on a sunday for abourt 6 hours with only one hit, I've always had a hard time up there, maybe I'll try again this summer some time, there was a bass tourney when I was there too