ice out fishing

[Eskimo]

Originally Posted by NJ219bands

Caught and released 7 white perch to 9" on tube jigs Saturday evening in the rain and fog in Central Jersey. A bait fishermen did better with minnows for bait. An ice breaker went up and down the lake. When I returned the next day I didn't get a hit. 6 guys from China killed everything that they caught on minnows. I went to another pond, but it was still mostly frozen.

I wonder if the ice breaker was for the Princeton rowing team.

I wouldn't want to see what the inside of those guys' cooler looked like. I have a feeling it would break my heart. People treat these lakes like a free-for-all supermarket shopping spree, but the reality is, it doesn't take much in the way of over-harvest to degrade a good fishery.






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