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Raritan River 5/31, D&R Canal 6/1
Fished the river yesterday at the riffle in Manville down to the Finderne Ave bridge with Gatto1227. Water was pretty murky, as it has been for the last 2 weeks and we didnt have much action until we got to the riffle. After about an hour of casting, I hooked up with a decent 15 or so inch smallie who gave me a nice fight with several jumps on a husky jerk 12. Took a photo, released him and on the very next cast I get bit about 5ft away from me, standing in the edge of the hole by a small striper about a foot long or so! This was a nice little surprise, its good to see stripers making their way up the river and hitting lures regardless of size. Snapped a pic, released him and ended up getting another smallie shortly after this that went about 12 inches. It was a fun day until I slipped on a rock on the way out and filled my waders lol.
Fast forward to today and I met Gatto1227 down on the canal path to try out a few Musky lures I just got in the mail. He had already caught a couple decent sized Pickerel by the time I got there, so we walked the opposite direction of where he already fished. I threw my new magic maker for a few casts to get used to the action, then I switched to a drifter believer and hooked a greedy little largemouth that was hardly bigger then the lure within 3 casts, steel leader and all. Finished up throwing a couple bucktails on the way back to the truck with no takers. I can't complain though, I just wanted to test out my new lures for a few casts and I ended up catching something. Hopefully thats a good sign lol. Anyway, pics should be up shortly. Gatto has them, I gotta get him to post em' up. |
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Re: Raritan River 5/31, D&R Canal 6/1
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Re: Raritan River 5/31, D&R Canal 6/1
I think I got to the findern bridge as you were leaving I have a black f150 and saw 2 guys in the river as i came over the bridge.
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Re: Raritan River 5/31, D&R Canal 6/1
Nice!! Good looking pickerel. I've got a few this season but nothing good, all dinks.
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Re: Raritan River 5/31, D&R Canal 6/1
Looks like that LMB was looking for a friend, not a meal
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Re: Raritan River 5/31, D&R Canal 6/1
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