Contemplating a Triple Play Weekend??? - NJFishing.com Your Best Online Source for Fishing Information in New Jersey

GetANet · #1 08-04-2013, 06:27 PM

Well first thing I can say is i'm still alive! I survived my three day marathon.
Starting out Friday night at the Valley in search of some rainbows with my daughter. Set up at 10:30pm and put in several hours but no pot of gold at the end of our rainbow tonight. Seemed like the only thing biting were the rock bass. So after our rock bass bonanza we packed it in about 2:00am. Dropped her off and swapped over some gear and was off to a local lake for some livebait for round two. I hit the ramp at the Run at 5:00am. As i'm driving up it's starting to drizzle, overcast and lots of deer activity and bait and fish busting! I'm thinking Gonna Slay Em' today!!! Well the drizzle turned into steady rain which continued for the better part of the day. Being one to never quit I managed to put together a catch of 1 hybrid, 1 smallie, and 1 channel cat. Then it stops the skies break and the wind starts cranking. Pulling out all the stops I trolled with downriggers, flatlined, drifted and anchored. So after exhausting all my options, soaking wet and sore from the beatin I took I called it a day. While on the way home I manage to get a flat to add to my misery. Limped it home down but not out yet! Got a few ZZZ's rested the body a bit and headed back to the Run for the last leg of the marathon sunday morning at 5:00am to meet up with Jeremy aka Jigman13 and Jeff aka Bicey in search of some hybrids. Being that my boat was down and with the time factor not able to repair it was nice to jump on Jeff's boat and hit it again. The bite was much better today with 6 fish on and landing 4 between us. One came unbuttoned at the boat and one tangled up in the DR line. First time out with Jeff and what a awesome guy! Good action and tons of laughs with him and Jeremy. Being that said I managed to salvage a tough weekend and made the best of it. It sure wasn't for lack of effort or time cause I fished 22+ hours on a few hours sleep and drove 230 miles back and forth from Friday to Sunday.

PS: Taking next weekend off !!!! Family weekend at the shore!!! (maybe I'll sneak a pole in the trunk?? NOT!!!)

FASTEDDIE29 · #2 08-05-2013, 12:10 AM

Rough trip buddy. You got some fish at the run, thats a good time!!! Gotta be out there to get em!

jimmythegreek · #3 08-05-2013, 01:37 PM

good times buddy, just being out there is what counts, catching is just the icing on the cake. Falls coming in just a few weeks, there wont be any sleep when the big girls start fattening up when they feel the water temp drop!!!

GetANet · #4 08-05-2013, 07:10 PM

Yea I hear that brother!!!! Only a couple months away!!! And time is flying too!!! That's the way I looked at this weekend, can't slay em' all the time and any
time on the water is a good time and got to meet and fish with Bicey, another extremely knowledgeable angler here on NJF!
It's a amazng how many quality fisherman are members of the site.
What one can learn from a few months as a member can take some people a lifetime to master!!!!