Farrington info request

[tycomps]

switching gears to the bronzes big mouth brethren now that the waters have warmed, gonna put the boat in at Farrington next. any info (via post or PM) on depth and structure is greatly appreciated, thanks in advance!

[Hookmanski]

Not sure how old this article is, but it has some good info in it! Good luck out there.

https://www.thefisherman.com/index.c...08&ParentCat=8

[Jigman13]

Summer smallies should stay on the docket!

I live 7 min from farrington. It's heavily overfished by church lane. I used to hit the shorelines throwing spinnerbaits, frogs and soft plastics but haven't in about 3 years. I caught largemouth to 5 lbs in there and pickerel to the mid to high 20s in length. All along weed edges and in the pads. There used to be a ton of golden shiners in there but the Russians slaughtered them by the metric ton in colder months. I mean 28 to 34 qt coolers filled to the top with them plus whatever else they caught. It Was sad to witness.

There also used to be a great population of white and yellow perch. Crappie too. But again, wiped out. Your chances of catching a pike in there are worse than the millstone lol.

All in all, prob an OK lmb lake. Prob still some toads lurking in there. Get there before sun up and plan to be done by 11-12. Or drop in around 530-6 pm and fish into the dark. Black jitterbugs and buzzbaits would likely elicit strikes.

Hope this helps.

[tycomps]

Originally Posted by Jigman13

Summer smallies should stay on the docket!

I live 7 min from farrington. It's heavily overfished by church lane. I used to hit the shorelines throwing spinnerbaits, frogs and soft plastics but haven't in about 3 years. I caught largemouth to 5 lbs in there and pickerel to the mid to high 20s in length. All along weed edges and in the pads. There used to be a ton of golden shiners in there but the Russians slaughtered them by the metric ton in colder months. I mean 28 to 34 qt coolers filled to the top with them plus whatever else they caught. It Was sad to witness.

There also used to be a great population of white and yellow perch. Crappie too. But again, wiped out. Your chances of catching a pike in there are worse than the millstone lol.

All in all, prob an OK lmb lake. Prob still some toads lurking in there. Get there before sun up and plan to be done by 11-12. Or drop in around 530-6 pm and fish into the dark. Black jitterbugs and buzzbaits would likely elicit strikes.

Hope this helps.

Thanks Jeremy, pretty much reinforced my game plan. Smallies are always on my menu but lately I've been into testing 'budget' rods and reels and need some thick stuff to drag some lures thru on a few new baitcasters.

Regarding past glory, more and more I hear the productivity of local bodies of water discussed in the past tense. It's a sad state of affairs that affects us all, 1-855-OGT-TIPS is going in my cell phone today!

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ogt.htm

[tycomps]

Originally Posted by Hookmanski

Not sure how old this article is, but it has some good info in it! Good luck out there.

https://www.thefisherman.com/index.c...08&ParentCat=8

good read, absent a date though if it's older than 3 years (jeremy's post) it makes it even sadder to read what once was.