New Member Intro - Central NJ Spots? + Just discovered Tenkara?!

[Joeblowv1]

Hey all,

Happy to join as you all seem like a friendly and active bunch. Some forums are ghost towns and thats never fun.

27 year old "off and on" fisher here. I've never really gone off the deep end into fishing, but if anything the covid situation has made me find some new socially distancing hobbies. Really into electronics (especially old computers) anything with a motor, and playing guitar, but I just booked a trip the first weekend in october up at the Great Sacandaga lake. I started thinking about my old rod and reel and getting some "practice" in before the trip to make sure my gear is up to snuff and get anything now that I may want then.

I also somewhat simultaneously found out about this new-fangled thing (which is steeped in hundreds of years of Japanese history lol so not new at all) called Tenkara fishing. I know its supposed to be cheaper and "pared down to the core of fly fishing" but also didn't want to sink 200$ into a setup when I could hate it. Money would be better spent on upgrading my spinning rod/reel setup if that was the case! So I went on ali-express and am now somewhat impatiently waiting my 15$ Goture "seeker"

Also Also! I'm looking into an "affordable" kayak. Looks like I can get a "lifetime" kayak for a few hundred to once again decide if this is a direction I want to go in. I do have a 12'-13' something like that Aluminum canoe available to me as well, with a small electric trolling motor. So I'm looking for some spots to get out there on the water!

So as a final touching point, glad to be on board. If you read all of this nonsense and have anything at all to talk about fire away in regards to fishing in NJ, Tenkara, Kayaking, etc. If not, I'd love to hear your "central NJ" (I'm in Trenton) fishing spots. I've never really found a spot that I "love" but if anyone has any recommendations I'm all ears.

Thanks Friends! (and as people say around here, tight lines)