A random find...

[bulletbob]

Creek chubs.. ok, I can relate to that..
Up here in some of the creeks we get Fallfish.. I don't know if its a totally different species or not but damn, they sure look exactly like a creek chub, and are in the same places caught on the same bait/lures..
They are huge, some around 20 inches, lots over 12, and are really good game fish.
Active fighters, strong hitters..Only time I ever catch or see them is late fall /early winter..
Not sure you guys in NJ have them, but if you like fooling around with creek chubs, fish later in the season, and try and catch those big Fallfish along with the small chubs... bob

[thmyorke1]

Originally Posted by bulletbob

Creek chubs.. ok, I can relate to that..
Up here in some of the creeks we get Fallfish.. I don't know if its a totally different species or not but damn, they sure look exactly like a creek chub, and are in the same places caught on the same bait/lures..
They are huge, some around 20 inches, lots over 12, and are really good game fish.
Active fighters, strong hitters..Only time I ever catch or see them is late fall /early winter..
Not sure you guys in NJ have them, but if you like fooling around with creek chubs, fish later in the season, and try and catch those big Fallfish along with the small chubs... bob

Creek chubs have that bass-like line while fallfish are shiny like a shad, also yes fallfish do get bigger. Both are actually related in the same scientific family.

I've had a fallfish hit a rapals once. Pic related.



Here's a creek chub to compare.

[ScowardNJ]

Always lookin around for a good chub hole...
Sounds like a good spot to make bait quick to further a days fishing for bigger predators.

[Chrisper4694]

now if you mention that spot to anyone, you'll never catch another chub there because it'll get cleaned out for muskie and pike bait haha

[Eskimo]

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Thanks for that information Thymorke1. Prior to reading that, I always used the names Creek Chub and Fallfish interchangeably.


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[Mark B.]

Fallfish inhabit the same waters as Smallmouth Bass & are caught on same lures. The big difference is when hooked,........Fallfish = no fight.

As kids in Three Bridges, we would catch Creek Chubs in “The Brook”, an unnamed trib. to the South Branch Raritan. Cool looking in the spring with their fighting horns (breeding tubercles).

Another spring activity in The Brook: Sucker Clubbing.
Kids armed with baseball bats,……the suckers had no chance in shallow water on their spawning run. Not sure why we did it. Just that these big fish were there & vulnerable. We’d stack them up on the shoreline & maybe bring a few back to feed the neighborhood cats.

[Hookmanski]

I love hearing all these stories, keep em coming! Glad to see my little adventure brought back some happy memories. And yeah Chrisper, I'm not giving up the location anytime soon

[Billfish715]

Finding new spots to fish, no matter how small they are, is always fun. Those adventures down the little tributaries off the main flow often turn up some unexpected treasures. I've ventured down some of those side shoots on some of the streams during the trout season and have stumbled across some places that were loaded with fish of all kinds. Check and see where that "find" of yours leads or from where it came. There might be something lurking that might surprise you even more than what you caught.