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Originally Posted by NorthJerzyG
Have all the fish been removed and restocked already? Guess with the storm coming they'll all make it down to the Passaic sooner than later.........
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Before the storm, they spent Thursday and Friday salvaging about 900 fish (mostly Largemouth, black crappie, sunfish..… mostly bluegills, and yellow perch. Very few white perch….they may be hanging near the bottom and brown bullheads. They did get a channel catfish and a tiger muskie...….~40 inches! So yeah, I could see some calling the tiger a n. pike. But no hybrid stripers. A few of the locals were not surprised by the tiger muskie. Hackettstown Hatchery took about 250 fish on Thursday.)
They plan to be back salvaging next week for 2-3 days. As of today, the water level is back down to pre-storm levels (about 4 feet down). That still leaves about 6 feet left in the basin. Lowering can continue until Nov. 15 & they may contract a pump service to speed up the lowering. But given the current situation in NJ, the company might not be available.
