9 boats on small lake, that's crazy

[bowzonly]

Assunpink this am, could see 9 boats without turning my head. As I was leaving #9 was getting started. He said there were 7 on the smaller lake and he saw a guy keeping a bunch of bass (he said like 8 or 12?) under 12 inches. I'm done with that lake. Last week there were 5 boats on a 72 acre lake. Two were 30k bass boats. That seems to me like a poor return on your investment when the average NJ bass weighs 1.5 pounds.

[Eskimo]

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Aren't most public waters in New Jersey crammed with anglers and being looted by poachers? I'm not where else you could go except leave the state.

Assunpink is supposed to be a 'lunkers regulation' lake with a 15-minimum size limit. I guess law enforcement is so scarce there is no reason for that poacher to even bother hiding his loot.



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[UglyStick]

I hope you called the Game Thief hotline on his azz...

[bowzonly]

The guy said they were taken from the smaller lake so that doesnt fall under the trophy regs. And I have gone out of state. Thats why I.m getting more and more disgusted with NJ. On another crowded lake on 10/12 another boater said it best 50'000 people all fishing on tupperware sized lakes. These fish must see 100 lures a week. Am seriously thinking of not buying any licenses (hunting or fishing ) in NJ next year. Its not so much the money (although it would give me a few more bucks to spend out of state) its all the waisted time.

[15FOOTER]

I have had the exact opposite experience. I have been on popular lakes on a lot of sat and sundays and have been the only boat. Have also been out when its crowded. I feel your pain when its crowded but are ya really going to stop fishing NJ because NY PA are sooo much better??

[15FOOTER]

Sandy Hook was a mad house this weekend with boats blasting through schools of albies screwing everything up. From now on I will only fish Montaulk.

[briansnat]

Originally Posted by 15FOOTER

I have had the exact opposite experience. I have been on popular lakes on a lot of sat and sundays and have been the only boat. Have also been out when its crowded. I feel your pain when its crowded but are ya really going to stop fishing NJ because NY PA are sooo much better??

At Round Valley on Friday while riding to my campsite I did not see another boat on the reservoir. Granted T-storms were in the immediate forecast, but I saw only one empty trailer in the parking lot. Probably another camper.

Over the holiday weekend I didn't see many fishing boats, maybe 5-6 each day. On the Monday holiday I saw only one other boat out there fishing. The rest appeared to be rec kayakers and canoers.

I've been on Monksville on nice weekend days and rarely see more than half a dozen boats out fishing at a time. Rec kayakers, SUPs and canoes up the wazoo though.

[Eskimo]

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Originally Posted by bowzonly

On another crowded lake on 10/12 another boater said it best 50'000 people all fishing on tupperware sized lakes. These fish must see 100 lures a week.

lol - sounds like Spruce Run in the summertime. Anglers stacked deep and piled high!
If you sit in one spot for a while, you'll see the same spot get fished every 15 minutes or so all day long.

As soon as one boat is done with a spot, he'll wander off and a few minutes later another boat will pull up to the same spot and fish it. It's like watching bees visiting a flower.

Can you imagine the bass sitting on that structure dodging spinnerbaits and hooked herring all day long?







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[bowzonly]

Not NY or Pa. I have friends out west. Its amazing I feel like I'm in heaven out there its gorgeous and all you have to do when hunting is go a mile from any road and you have miles and miles of land where you don't see another person.
In Nj four out of five hunts on public land are ruined by other hunters walking around at prime time.