Raritan River Smallmouths

[thmyorke1]

Originally Posted by AndyS

No shortage of reptiles too ! (and filled the net)

Such beautiful creatures those snakes are. Who could hate such lovely things

I saw one with a madtom in its mouth, it swam up to the river bank right where I was, I spook it and it drops it's catch right infront of me.

Helped the madtom back in, swam fine lol

I have seen a smallmouth on the North Branch with a snake in it before, could just tell by the pattern though.

[Mark B.]

Originally Posted by thmyorke1

Such beautiful creatures those snakes are. Who could hate such lovely things

I saw one with a madtom in its mouth, it swam up to the river bank right where I was, I spook it and it drops it's catch right infront of me.

Helped the madtom back in, swam fine lol

I have seen a smallmouth on the North Branch with a snake in it before, could just tell by the pattern though.

Smallmouth's love Madtoms. Once, on the Del. River, I caught a nice smallie that barfed up a Madtom. Put it on the hook, & caught 2 more nice smallies.

[FishOnKV]

Nice smallie dude! Also very cool to catch a striper in the Raritan, regardless of size.

[JDTuna]

Awesome fish dude. Those are great smallies and a striper to boot!