Cong Charter?

[CHfisher17]

I've fished the Cong about 6 times so far this summer and I just can't get a good read on this place. Don't get me wrong, I catch a few fish here or there but I never have a "good" day fishing. My best day was about 4 Perch and a nice Hybrid. But I've also had my fair share of skunked days.

Are there any guys that charter on that lake that I can hire to show me the ropes? I'm looking for someone I can ask a bunch of questions.

OR if there is anyone on here that knows the lake well and wants a free fishing trip, you're more than welcome to PM me. I have a pretty clean 17' center console.

[NJSquatch]

the cong is a cruel cruel mistress...what and where are you targeting? This time of year you need to get out real early or real late. The recreational boat traffic makes fishing not very enjoyable.

Stop by Dow's Boat rental. They will hook you up with the intel on what works on the lake and where to go. Trolling herring in the main lake is a good summer time pattern.

Capt Dave (NJF user = muskynut) offers mulit-species charters.
Skip Lerman has bass charters on the lake. Google them up.

[jimmythegreek]

LH = herring

if you wanna catch fish on LH forget what you know about fish it has its own rules. what are you targeting? you will rarely have banner days on LH especially this time of year, the recreational traffic is brutal, you have a small window in the mornings, weekdays can be good on cloudy/misty days. post some info and I'll help

[briansnat]

A quick google search turned up this. http://www.livetofishguideservice.com/

I know nothing about the the guy, but it is worth a shot if you want to go out with a self proclaimed expert.

[CHfisher17]

Originally Posted by jimmythegreek

LH = herring

if you wanna catch fish on LH forget what you know about fish it has its own rules. what are you targeting? you will rarely have banner days on LH especially this time of year, the recreational traffic is brutal, you have a small window in the mornings, weekdays can be good on cloudy/misty days. post some info and I'll help

I had better luck in the spring but now that the water is warming up I'm having a lot of difficulty. I usually get on the lake either really early or after work. So between 6-8 I try to target pan fish (perch and crappie) n after that I've tried trolling for hybrids or walleye. Minimal luck.

I've been working the points of the main lake and trying to stay between 15-30 feet. Nada. Im usually trolling crank baits or jigging soft plastics. I'll try live lining herring next time.

I definitely see lots of herring schools on the radar but nothing under them hitting.

[jimmythegreek]

the hybrids on LH are in deep water now, 15fow is nothing but panfish. I troll 30-40 the last drop into the main lake basin. Dows tells everybody to fish main lake points and yes there are a few fish always around but stripers migrate around the lake in lots of scattered schools. I troll live herring if I cant find fish on the graph by checking areas with side imaging, its very hard to find them w just 2D sonar. If you find schools of herring in 25-35ft run some herring thru them or liveling them. That 6am time is walleye/striper time, later in day they shut off to boat traffic, you wanna be at dows waiting to get bait at 545ish and go right to fishing. Walleye are best targeted w a 3way rig on bottom they hug tight you may not even see em on graph but they are there

[CHfisher17]

Originally Posted by jimmythegreek

the hybrids on LH are in deep water now, 15fow is nothing but panfish. I troll 30-40 the last drop into the main lake basin. Dows tells everybody to fish main lake points and yes there are a few fish always around but stripers migrate around the lake in lots of scattered schools. I troll live herring if I cant find fish on the graph by checking areas with side imaging, its very hard to find them w just 2D sonar. If you find schools of herring in 25-35ft run some herring thru them or liveling them. That 6am time is walleye/striper time, later in day they shut off to boat traffic, you wanna be at dows waiting to get bait at 545ish and go right to fishing. Walleye are best targeted w a 3way rig on bottom they hug tight you may not even see em on graph but they are there

Thanks! Great advice. I'll make sure to follow that advice. I only have a 2d fish finder so I'll try your herring trick. I was doing something similar the last time I was out there with no luck, but I was slow trolling crank baits. I'll give live herring a shot.