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Originally Posted by MudCat08 (Post 386993)

I think the biggest carp are in our rivers. I'll be trying the Raritan, Passaic, Hackensack, and Delaware rivers first and then some of the smaller ones that are famous for carp. May should be the month I'll target them the most so maybe we can setup a carp fishing day or something.

I tend to agree with you on the river carp as I've seen some big ones at times and I don't really fish rivers that often. But I'll tell you that I've seen Carp in Spruce Run that made me feel like I needed to go back and get a bigger boat! And I've seen them in large numbers. Don't know if you guys are near there or ever tried it....I don't even know if they are accessible or how to target them....but just a thought.

Haven't seen this myself, but recv'd info from a real reliable source that Greenwood lake has good population of large carp also..Shallows on the Jersey end is where this guy bow hunts for them by boat..Come to think of it GWL would be a great place to spend time, I mean real lot of time..Fish for Smallies, Musky's, Walleyes,Largemouth bass...Plus the carp..Think ur rite about getting ur trout quotas thou, RV the place for Lakers, browns & Rainbows but good luck in ur challange.....BTW Delaware for Shad, Carp and smallies maybe even a wallyeye or 2..Pick the waters with multiple species on ur list...Titi lines..

well i can say this about carp...i've tried multiple stretches of rivers that have carp...even places i've seen them like passaic...only ever hooked one and it instantly ran into a snag and never came out. I've tried spruce once with no luck. hopatcong, where i've seen them multiple times, no luck. maybe i'm doing something wrong...wrong time/area of lake idk. I live in hopatcong and work in basking ridge so my range of places to hit is anywhere from north to central jersey and i'd def be down to tag team some carp rivers/big lakes. nice to have someone to talk to when you're bait fishing and not catching squat!

I like the idea of hitting places like greenwood and hopatcong with multiple species but to be honest, since i fish from a car top launched jon boat with an electric motor i do much better picking off 1 or 2 species at a time from medium to small sized lakes and rivers. We'll have to see how it goes but i have a rough plan for most of the species and for others i'll be throwing hail marry casts but if i can knock out 2-3 early pre-ice/ice fishing i'll consider myself off to a good start.

Finally catch a walleye

I sent some high goals for 2015. 5 species - redfin pickerel, flathead catfish, golden trout, tiger trout, and a snakehead. I'll be happy with at least one of them

My goal is a 40" pike, muskie, and tiger through the ice. Jersey 40" esox slam.

Maybe you know... Why did they remove tiger Muskie from the skillful angler list? Did they stop stocking them? I'd like to catch one but I only know of three places they exist in nj and one of them is like fishing a Barren wasteland!