Round valley bass

[Godrew1972]

I know round valley is trout spot but anyone target the bass up there?
I would love to go for some of those smallies and must be some nice LM.

[AndyS]

Welcome to the site !! How long have you lived in Central Jersey ?
" I fish Farrington lake quite a bit and rivers in North NJ for trout"

[Godrew1972]

Almost 20 years. Always went for trout just started going for bass this year.

[Hookmanski]

I haven't had too much success with the bass at RV, except for one time I took my kayak out. Caught a bunch of cookie cutter smallies on a ned rig, all around 15-16 inches. They're in there for sure, you just really have to work for them in my experience.

[logs22]

I have had good luck catching largemouth from the banks, particularly on the swimming side of the lake. I usuallly fish from the causeway separating the swimming area from the main lake (to the right of the launch when facing the water). I have actually never caught a largemouth in the main lake.

[Mark B.]

Wading the eastern shore 11/31 one year. Casting a Yo Zuri, C&R'ed a couple of trout. Hooked & lost a BIG trout. I was bummed about that. Right at dusk reeling in the Yo Zuri at the surface a few feet from me, a huge bass comes out of the water & nails it.

Biggest Largemouth that I ever caught,....2 feet in length.

[Flygaff]

Originally Posted by mattward

I know round valley is trout spot but anyone target the bass up there?
I would love to go for some of those smallies and must be some nice LM.

Back in my RV days I would always target largemouth on the far side of the valley. My largest large mouth there was 9 1/2 pounds caught on a herring. two days before that my wife caught a 7 1/2 pound. This was when they had weeds along the back shoreline.

[Godrew1972]

9.5 and 7.5. Those are monster bass. When you target the bass was it usually with live bait?

[Flygaff]

Yes I always used live bait for the bass. When there were weed beds, I would anchor just outside of them and let the herring swim free. Used to hammer the largemouth and smallmouth this way. I hope the weeds come back. The state really screwed up RV. This place was built with federal funds for fishing. How and when did the state get involved?

[Mark B.]

Yesterday, waded the eastern shore casting the Yo Zuri. One hit, no hook ups.

A trolling boat angler said that he caught 1 Laker & a nice Brown.

Winds were light & variable.

Awaiting my new pair of neoprene waders. Then, I will venture forth under the ideal conditions for catching: Strong NW winds.

Reservoir is at 86% capacity.