25" eye at Canistear Res.6/19

[ken jan]

Landed a 25" Walleye at Canistear Res.

It hit a Deep runner Rap chad. Caught and released.
Never knew there were eyes in there. Does the other Watershed res. have them as well?

[FASTEDDIE29]

Thats a nice Walleye buddy, congrats! theres all kinds of fish in all the watersheds. Short story, me and a few buddies are fishing oak ridge one night 2 years ago, caught a couple smallies, largemouth and perch. We go to leave and take a look down into the little gorge on the damm side of Oak Ridge, What do we see swimming up and down the creek, Walleye!!! Big ones too, how they got there, who knows?

[bunker dunker]

nice fish,congrats

[muskynut]

Canistear is the only watershed reservoir with walleyes...capt. dave

[FASTEDDIE29]

Originally Posted by muskynut

Canistear is the only watershed reservoir with walleyes...capt. dave

Explain to me how there are Walleye below the damm at Oak Ridge???!!!

[Skunk City]

Great fish!

[ken jan]

Hey guys thanks for the replies. Gotta start thinking about tactics for Walleyes when I get out there again, too bad you can't fish at night there.

[ken jan]

Originally Posted by FASTEDDIE29

Explain to me how there are Walleye below the damm at Oak Ridge???!!!

Maybe they went down stream from Canistear? arn't the water bodies all connected?

[NorthJerzyG]

NICE!! Tried for some eyes there myself recently and struck out.

How deep was he? Were you trolling, or just crankin?

[ken jan]

I honestly wasn't expecting an eye. picking up some smallies along the way Trolling at around 1.5 mph, with a deep runner shad rap #5. I was in 20 fow. Next time I think I will utilize my down rigger and drop the lure deeper more precise.
Really would love to hit some water at night for these guys. Has anyone had luck at greenwood lake or Monksville ?
URL from stocking:http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/2...ing_wall11.pdf
Seems like they've put a few fish in there.