South Branch Saturday, Lots of Rain, lots of fish...... - NJFishing.com Your Best Online Source for Fishing Information in New Jersey

catfishonthelake · #1 04-23-2011, 03:12 PM

Five of us hit the South Branch and another Hundterdon County creek today. It rained, but we were the only ones there. High hook had 7 or 8 fish and I had the pool winner with the fish pictured. The other guys were fly-fishing and I bested this beast with my 5-foot UL Loomis with a 500 Shimano Symetre, 4-lb. test P-line fluorclear, a 1/16th black jighead tipped with a whole nightcrawler. It swam right into the fast South Branch current and took me a good 5 minutes to get myself and him to shore. It peeled out drag a good 3 o 4 times. What a blast. I had a few more little rainbows on another creek later in the day and after I left one of the boys scored a 15-inch wild brown that apparently did some aerials. Great day.

Mike M · #2 04-23-2011, 03:22 PM

Nice to see the trout biting in Hunterdon. It hasn't been a good year for me so far.

FASTEDDIE29 · #3 04-23-2011, 03:40 PM

Its good to see that your enjoying the trout, bait fishing, Catfish. Sounds like a great day and remember to save some of them trout for cut bait on the Big "D"! Or keep em alive and use em for Stripers!!!

catfishonthelake · #4 04-23-2011, 03:56 PM

Thanks Eddie!! I can't wait for those summer catfish.

AndyS · #5 04-23-2011, 03:57 PM

NICE fish !!

Tin Squid · #6 04-25-2011, 04:31 AM

Nice fish! Congratulations.

LongBallLarry · #7 04-25-2011, 08:02 AM

very nice, Congrats!

Cuz · #8 04-25-2011, 10:58 AM

Great fish and a great smile.