Manasquan Reservoir recommendations?

[Hookmanski]

Go to walmart and grab the Neon Trout Magnet Kit. Its 12 bucks and comes with 15 jigheads and 70 soft plastics in all sorts of colors. Have them cast them out and let them free fall for awhile, and slowly reel in and twitch them. I guarantee if the fish are around they'll catch a ton. The soft plastics are pretty strong too, I caught over 50 panfish on the same one in a single day.

[rmc17]

Originally Posted by Hookmanski

Go to walmart and grab the Neon Trout Magnet Kit. Its 12 bucks and comes with 15 jigheads and 70 soft plastics in all sorts of colors. Have them cast them out and let them free fall for awhile, and slowly reel in and twitch them. I guarantee if the fish are around they'll catch a ton. The soft plastics are pretty strong too, I caught over 50 panfish on the same one in a single day.

Nice; I'll see if I can grab one in the next few days!

[bulletbob]

Personally, I would dig some garden worms, or go out on a damp night and get a few dozen nightcrawlers,, Its not in vogue these days of high tech fishing, but a plain old bobber and worm is still a VERY effective method, catches lots of different species, and the kids LOVE watching the bobber go flying underwater.. I still love fishing with a plain old worm and bobber after doing it for close to 60 years, and still catch a lot of nice fish doing it... bob

[rmc17]

Originally Posted by bulletbob

Personally, I would dig some garden worms, or go out on a damp night and get a few dozen nightcrawlers,, Its not in vogue these days of high tech fishing, but a plain old bobber and worm is still a VERY effective method, catches lots of different species, and the kids LOVE watching the bobber go flying underwater.. I still love fishing with a plain old worm and bobber after doing it for close to 60 years, and still catch a lot of nice fish doing it... bob

Hey, Bob - Yeah, that is the plan for the boys. I was hoping I might be able to fish something else from the shore while they're watching their bobbers

[bulletbob]

Originally Posted by rmc17

Hey, Bob - Yeah, that is the plan for the boys. I was hoping I might be able to fish something else from the shore while they're watching their bobbers

understood.. I don't know that lake, but if I were shore fishing a lake I didn't know, I would put a live shiner out 4 -5 feet under a bobber, and while that was soaking, work a second rod witha small jig along bottom, with some sort of Gulp tail, or a small Sluggo or FinS... bob

[rmc17]

Originally Posted by bulletbob

understood.. I don't know that lake, but if I were shore fishing a lake I didn't know, I would put a live shiner out 4 -5 feet under a bobber, and while that was soaking, work a second rod witha small jig along bottom, with some sort of Gulp tail, or a small Sluggo or FinS... bob

Thx; only one rod but I will give those a shot!

[NJSquatch]

X2 on the trout magnets

Tie them under a bobber and fish around any structure with the occasional twitch. Panfish galore