LUNCHTIME small PIKE 5/28

[SkillfulAngler908]

Nice job eddie, its been a while since ive seen any river pike on here.

[justin1982]

Hope my new found area is fishable, I wanna try for my first pike tomorrow!

[buzzbaiter]

Yeah river is dipping down to near 14' in Fairfield and below 4' in Chatham . 13' and 3.5' are the magic numbers for bank fishing/wading. However mosquitos are reaching atrocious levels with all the stagnant pools that form when the river floods and recedes. Need to break out the full body netting and OFF!

[ScowardNJ]

Nice report Eddie. I almost forgot what a pike looked like

[Mikey topaz]

Put some socks on and get a tan! Hahah Catchin pike on your lunch break thats awsome!!

[Delawareriver]

Nice pike!

[FASTEDDIE29]

Originally Posted by buzzbaiter

Yeah river is dipping down to near 14' in Fairfield and below 4' in Chatham . 13' and 3.5' are the magic numbers for bank fishing/wading. However mosquitos are reaching atrocious levels with all the stagnant pools that form when the river floods and recedes. Need to break out the full body netting and OFF!

The blood suckers were so thick yesterday that I was tempted to start a leave fire. Found some off deep woods in the truck, it got em off my back for the 30-35 minutes I was fishing.

[buzzbaiter]

Originally Posted by FASTEDDIE29

The blood suckers were so thick yesterday that I was tempted to start a leave fire. Found some off deep woods in the truck, it got em off my back for the 30-35 minutes I was fishing.

Morris County Mos. Comm does spray but its usually not needed until late summer/early fall when West Nile starts showing up. This year is bad so they are spraying now. I email them all the time about hotspots but when u think about it, the entire drainage is a hotspot. They ATV/backpack spray the edges and roads adjacent to the big swamps like Great Piece Meadow & Hatfield Swamp but just too many stagnant pools and puddles. The walking trail along the river off Columbia Tpk is full of puddles and thats where its worst. Horrible like a plague. We could use a long dry spell.

http://www.morriscountynj.gov/mosquito/

[jimmythegreek]

good job eddie, thats a nice lunchtime snack u got there buddy!! everything is biting everywhere these days, jersey tarpon huh?!! hahaha ..............



.............and as for the boat story see the attached pics.........the fasteddie express is currently at jimmythegreeks mobile marine service....between having to fabricate a bearing carrier removal tool and all the pieces of bearings and shavings that fell out, Id say we need some parts dont worry buddy they will be here tomoro............Ill have u buttoned up this weekend.........dont those gears look a little rusty? isnt there supposed to be oil in that lower end?!! loooooool



the tool that took scotty an hour to make, he was pissed at u bro
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the gears and the remnants of the driveshaft bearing
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the shavings that were once bearings
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[Skunk City]

Originally Posted by jimmythegreek

good job eddie, thats a nice lunchtime snack u got there buddy!! everything is biting everywhere these days, jersey tarpon huh?!! hahaha ..............



.............and as for the boat story see the attached pics.........the fasteddie express is currently at jimmythegreeks mobile marine service....between having to fabricate a bearing carrier removal tool and all the pieces of bearings and shavings that fell out, Id say we need some parts dont worry buddy they will be here tomoro............Ill have u buttoned up this weekend.........dont those gears look a little rusty? isnt there supposed to be oil in that lower end?!! loooooool



the tool that took scotty an hour to make, he was pissed at u bro
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the gears and the remnants of the driveshaft bearing
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the shavings that were once bearings
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So THAT's what was making those cool sounds 5 minutes prior to us getting towed back to Lee's .