Carp fishing tournament @ deal lake in Asbury park

[catfishonthelake]

I don't know about you guys, but catching 15 inch bass and 10 inch trout gets me way more jazzed than catching a 20 pound carp. Stopped by Nomahegan today. Don't even get me started. Place is a mud pit, albeit a slightly deeper mud pit with some expensive looking dead plants on the shore and a hell of a lot less carp. They stocked it with trout though. Yippee.

[Wilson]

Originally Posted by catfishonthelake

I don't know about you guys, but catching 15 inch bass and 10 inch trout gets me way more jazzed than catching a 20 pound carp. Stopped by Nomahegan today. Don't even get me started. Place is a mud pit, albeit a slightly deeper mud pit with some expensive looking dead plants on the shore and a hell of a lot less carp. They stocked it with trout though. Yippee.

I hit there this past Sunday, and I have to agree with you. And what's with all that rope piled on the shore and stretched into the water?
And lots of garbage too in spite of numerous trash cans all about.

[SplitShot]

I live right by the headwaters of Deal Lake and fished the tournament last year... caught some nice big carp, but couldn't justify to myself just killing them and not eating them, so I released them back in. I'll be there tomorrow morning and with the argument going both ways, I'll be releasing again..

And I've seen massive fish kills there during the summer but I believe its all the crap that gets thrown in there more then anything.