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NorthJerzyG · #1 07-30-2013, 12:09 AM

Planned on takin the boat out tonight but a flat tire earlier today made me change my plans. Can't be towin with a donut on the ride, lol. Decided to go spot hoppin from shore instead.

First spot was a bust. Not a sniff, moved on......second spot was one I'd been scoping out but never tried. After about 30min I got a nice violent strike on an inline. Pulled drag for a min before coming in. Nice low 30's pike. Didn't weigh em but the hand scale said 7'ish pounds.

Hung around for a bit with nothin else and moved on.

I had picked up some livers on my way out so spot 3 was my catfish spot. Landed bullheads like crazy with a couple small channels mixed in. Then I set the hook on a nice channel. Peeled line like a beast!!! Didn't weigh em, but the hand scale said around 8#. Sweeeeet!!!

As soon as the sun went down the bugs got vicious. Since I hadn't sprayed myself I decided to pack it up. Not a bad couple hours worth of fishin.....

Jigman13 · #2 07-30-2013, 09:21 AM

Nice fish dude. That channel is huge!

gnuisance · #3 07-30-2013, 09:28 AM

Nice haul! I assume that was on the passaic? Was the river insanely high?

FASTEDDIE29 · #4 07-30-2013, 09:43 AM

Nice catch G! Healthy Pike and Channel! AWESOME!!!

Skunk City · #5 07-30-2013, 10:05 AM

Very nice multi-species angling. How was the water? I checked the USGS gauge for Two Bridges and saw it went up a bit with the storms.

msgdan · #6 07-30-2013, 10:11 AM

Nice solid pike and a great catfish !! I have never tried bottom fishing in the river, but after seeing that, I might have to give it a try. There are a few deep spots where I fish that should hold a few.

Danny V

NorthJerzyG · #7 07-30-2013, 10:45 AM

Thanx!! The first 2 spots actually seemed lower than I've seen them in a while.

The last spot was over the banks and had some decent current. Had to throw on some extra weight to hold bottom. I think it may have to do with nearby bridge construction.

Dan, def give it a try. You won't get the same heart attack strikes like pike, but for a fish of the same size like these 2 were, the cats pull harder and fight longer. Just a matter of weeding through all the dink bullheads to find some good channels can be annoying......

SkillfulAngler908 · #8 07-30-2013, 11:00 AM

Nice fish G. I guess you guys didnt get rain up there like we did, the rivers here are wrecked from the rain.

jimmythegreek · #9 07-30-2013, 01:20 PM

Nice mixed back bro, fish look healthy and some good size to them. Way to beat the banks up and put a nice catch together

NorthJerzyG · #10 07-30-2013, 02:06 PM

Yeah, it POURED for 10/15 mins night before last. I was expecting worse conditions but the runoff must have passed through quickly.

Thanx Jimmy. I left muddy as Hell and riddled with bug bites but its still better than the SKUNK, lol.............