Raritan river 4/5/25:

[AndyS]

4/5/25: FINALLY caught a fish, rolled a few others. Saw bald eagles and osprey. Nice meeting fellow NJF members. People running and gunning, coming and going. Box of chocolates down here on the Raritan !

[Sako1]

Thanks for the pics Andy, nice tank SMB!

Dave

[AndyS]

Originally Posted by Sako1

Thanks for the pics Andy, nice tank SMB!

Dave

Seemed like all spots held fish, river is finally starting to wake up, did you get anything up top ??

[Pondhopper8]

Nice 👍. Looks like a good day Andy

[Jigman13]

That's shuckers opening day smallie! He's passed the torch! Lol... nice fish Andy

[AndyS]

Originally Posted by Jigman13

That's shuckers opening day smallie! He's passed the torch! Lol... nice fish Andy

Nice variety today, even a creek chub, they type we see often fishing the UDR. People were coming and going. Everything benefits when you peel thousands of tires off the river bottom but I think the smallmouth bass really gain from it the most. Notice I didn't post a tire photo from today, because I didn't see any !!!

[AndyS]

The smallmouth was caught just below where the Robert St. dam once stood. I can't tell you how much whining and crying from fishermen I have to listen to about removing dams. Removing dams improves fishing and habitat on the Raritan river ! At no point during the day did we fish on or close to any dams.

[bigfishy]

Nice lookin rainbow....pretty perfect for a fresh stocker!! Ya think it's a holdover andy? Sea run?