SmackDown valley

[REDman]

Got up a lil late. Send a txt to jrock he had off so we decided to hit the round Valley for some jigging action.. He mention to me that he wanted to hit this particular spot . Got to give the guy credit Started marking fish right away
Started jigging spoons in the beginning then rubber jigs game on .. Got between 30 and 35 Fish we lost count they were very active the biggest one was 24 inches Lost a lot of fish ... I would love to show you guys some pictures but I still can't figure this Thing out . Andy I tried to put the pics up but is not letting me thank you .

[Delawareriver]

Now that's what I'm talking about. Congrats

[Chrisper4694]

wow! guess we picked the wrong place to fish yesterday! hahaha. nice job, get those pics up! photobucket.com

[ScowardNJ]

Sick report...It was our first time ever on RV all we ended up with was a stick full of old fishing line...haha

[Chrisper4694]

guess you should've mugged him!

[The Birdman]

Good seeing you and J- you are are the RV Lake trout PROS! Lol
Nice report, bring them over to Bardis, lets fry them up !

[gnuisance]

So are there big lakers in there or not? Everyone talks about these 35" fish that live in there but I've never seen them and you guys just caught 30+ fish with nothing over 24". Kind of makes you wonder......

[jrock]

Im sure there are some 34+ fish in there. For the most part we caught fish in the 18-22 inch range. Years ago there was def. a lot more bigger fish in the valley, but since they implemented the 6 fish creel limit my personal experience shows that the fish are getting bigger on the average. Before the new limit was set the place was infested with 12-15 inch stunted lake trout. Now I understand there is also a baitfish issue they are dealing with in the valley also so how effective the new regulations will be remains to be seen. But again every once in a while someone pulls out a trophy so I know there are some in there. If you look at the round valley page on facebook you will see a few months ago a guy pulled a 12+ pounder out of the valley.

[jimmythegreek]

there is still a huge problem w baitfish in the valley, the predominent bait is now shiners, the lakers wiped out the herring in no time, they are heavy hunters. From what I hear they actually want you to keep fish to take the pressure off the baitfish as the lakers naturally reproduce in there now so the other trout species are having issues as they arent as aggressive as lakers. If you look at the state's reports, there are some monsters in there......they gill netted a state record female 2 years ago while collecting eggs and they have pulled many big fish, including a pair of hybrid stripers that they kept and didnt go back in. The place can be tough because the lakers are bottom huggers and its a huge reservoir, you can troll all day without marking a single fish or bait but somehow you usually catch something but never actually see them. There are areas that seem to hold the lakers consistently as shown by Jrock and Red having a killer day with others getting nothing or little. Its a good place to learn to use your sonar and key in on bottom and your graphs settings

[acabtp]

that's sounds like an awesome day. i've fished there a dozen or more times and only have one nice laker to show for it. usually hook and lose something big though so i keep going back. i've got to get out there with someone who knows the lake.