The bite was on this morning....Fall is nearing closer - NJFishing.com Your Best Online Source for Fishing Information in New Jersey

#1 09-13-2013, 03:23 PM

Well we had a major nasty storm last night here in Northern NJ that was like no other in recent months...The lightning was something you would see in New Mexico...Flashes across the sky and big bolts that made you shivver....So I decided to hit the water with Dan this morning and we figured it was gonna be on fire or dead zone..Well, number wise, we caught alot of fish...ANd a multii species day is always good on top of things.....Action started first thing this morning, just as the lights came on, I had three over the rails before Dan hooked up....Nailed a bunch of Smallmouth on some new lures in my box..........We kept it moving and I fished deep (successfully) while Dan tried tubes on the bank(unsuccessfully)...Seems like the fall bite is picking up as all fish were hitting fast moving reaction baits all day for me....I ended up with @ 15 total and Dan got just the one nice Smallie and one Larry worth anything.....Looking forward to the next few weeks when the water cools just a bit more and the fish go into overdrive mode....Here's a few from today to prove it happenned....

Bonus picture.......LOL

Eskimo · #2 09-13-2013, 03:57 PM

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LOL - this would be a good profile pic.

Fish n Jeep · #3 09-13-2013, 04:30 PM

Nice big perch! Hell, those are all nice fish.

jimmythegreek · #4 09-13-2013, 05:43 PM

good job boys, I love to see the bass assasins at work! mitch I gotta ask u whats with the dress shirt for fishing? lol U figure lookin pretty for sammy and larry would make em bite? j/k good lookin fish and nice size too, fall bite is starting, Im gonna head up there soon and give em hell too

FASTEDDIE29 · #5 09-13-2013, 06:20 PM

REALLY??? A friggin BANANA on the BOAT!?!?!?!? WTF????

Nice catch BASS ASSASSINS!!!! Good to see you got your MOJO back! Nice looking fish.

GetANet · #6 09-13-2013, 06:44 PM

Looks like a productive day on the water!!! Great job!!!

#7 09-13-2013, 06:59 PM

Thanks for the funny comments everyone...I knew the banana pic would be funny to post and you guys would get a kick outta that..............Today was that kinda day.....Jimmy, I got up at 4:00am and grabbed the wrong shirt from my closet...I have 3 white shortsleeve fishing shirts and hey, I was tired and not paying attn...sh*t happens....no biggie........didn't notice until we were on the water and I changed from my hoodie to that shirt once it got sunny out...The fishies seemed to like it....maybe I'll keep it on the rest of the season...LOL.....

UglyStick · #8 09-13-2013, 09:57 PM

Nice catch guys - one heck of a humpback perch on that crank bait...

acabtp · #9 09-13-2013, 11:19 PM

looks like you guys had a better day than we did. when we drove by around 6 am, they had the road to the lake you went out on closed, i guess for storm cleanup.

we kept going up 23 to the last one instead. fishing was dead, but did happen to see mr. bald eagle... and mrs. bald eagle! they were hunting together, looks like a mating pair to me. i think their nest is up on the northwest side, but i haven't been able to find it among the trees yet. maybe in another few weeks when the leaves drop. very cool.

#10 09-14-2013, 06:42 PM

acabtp......we told the cops we were fishing and no problem they let us go through.....Worse scenario, you could have went up to the next U-Turn.....We were going to orig. go where you went but made a last minute change thinking the wind was gonna be pretty harsh way up.....Anyway, from now on it should be pretty good every time with the cooling temps. expected this week overnights!!....Let me know when you are going next time and maybe we will meet you somewhere....Oh yeah, the Eagles have landed in our area for good I think.....that's always a bonus to a day on the water!!!!