Rvr 8/27

[Moz]

Got the Valley dark and early today around 6:00 and very relieved to find the gate to the causeway open. Strange morning, the roads which are usually empty at that hour had a fair amount of cars on them I guess with people doing some last second maneuvering before the storm. The parking area at the boatramp though was completely deserted, I was the only car there. A few boats did make it out today, but I only counted 3 trailers when I left at 9:30.

I managed 3 LMB on the day, decent fish - 2 of them in the 1 to 1.5 LBS range and one (in pic) about 2 LBS. I caught the first one on a 6" finesse worm, the second one on a 5" finesse worm and the third one in the pic on a tube which I was using targeting pickerel. Glad to see I can still get a bite with 20 LBS leader but really wanted to see how it would hold up with a pickerel.

It was dark when I got there and kind of a weird vibe with the storm ahead. The water was really calm upon arrival and stayed that way until around 8:30 or so. When the wind did pick up it was all over the place, I'd have a tail-wind for a few minutes then it would blow against me and then from left to right. The bite totally died at that time, not a single tug once the wind hit. Any case glad I was able to get out for a few hours and hook into a few fish, 3 fish on 3 different rods was a first for me.

[Diddersen]

Im glad to see someone got out today. Nice catch I was pretty curious how the incoming storms would affect the fishing

[catfishonthelake]

We caught some bass today. Bite was not off the off the hook, but we caught fish. Conditions were perfect. Cloudy, not too much wind and best of all, NO ONE WAS FISHING. We hit Budd and then a trio of small ponds in Sussex and Hunterdon. Pushed it until 2pm and got hit with some heavy rain on the way home. Glad we got out.

Nice Job Moz!!!!

[Moz]

Originally Posted by catfishonthelake

We caught some bass today. Bite was not off the off the hook, but we caught fish. Conditions were perfect. Cloudy, not too much wind and best of all, NO ONE WAS FISHING. We hit Budd and then a trio of small ponds in Sussex and Hunterdon. Pushed it until 2pm and got hit with some heavy rain on the way home. Glad we got out.

Nice Job Moz!!!!

Thanks! Conditions seemed ripe when I got there for a solid day but it took me an hour to hook into my first fish. Still a multi-fish day from shore I'll take any time. Kudos to you for pushing it into the afternoon, NJ12 last night said the rain would hit NJ around 9 AM so I figured at 9:30 it was time to take what I got and get out of there (a decision made easier since the bite died).

I've never seen the RVR boatramp parking lot totally empty like that on a weekend. In the dark it was kind of freaky being totally on my own out there.