Carnegie Lake 2/21/2012

[NJ219bands]

Caught and released 34 fish in 44 degree Carnegie Lake yesterday afternoon with my 9 cent lure on 2 lb test line: 17 white perch to 9.5", 9 crappies to 9", 5 yellow perch to 9", 2 bluegills to 6", and an 11.5" largemouth bass. That's 84 fish in 2 Carnegie Lake trips this year for a 42 fish per trip average. A lone cormorant was in my spot. As soon as the main flock arrives, fishing will be no good. An old Chinese couple from Staten Island, NY, fishing to my right, caught and kept 2 big largemouth bass, a big crappie and white perch with live shiners on bobber rigs. They are there almost every day and will kill all of the big gamefish in the lake. A few years ago they used 6 fishing outfits, but the fish stole 2 of them. Yellow perch are now staging for spawning.

[Wilson]

Originally Posted by NJ219bands

Caught and released 34 fish in 44 degree Carnegie Lake yesterday afternoon with my 9 cent lure on 2 lb test line: 17 white perch to 9.5", 9 crappies to 9", 5 yellow perch to 9", 2 bluegills to 6", and an 11.5" largemouth bass. That's 84 fish in 2 Carnegie Lake trips this year for a 42 fish per trip average. A lone cormorant was in my spot. As soon as the main flock arrives, fishing will be no good. An old Chinese couple from Staten Island, NY, fishing to my right, caught and kept 2 big largemouth bass, a big crappie and white perch with live shiners on bobber rigs. They are there almost every day and will kill all of the big gamefish in the lake. A few years ago they used 6 fishing outfits, but the fish stole 2 of them. Yellow perch are now staging for spawning.

If there're properly licensed no foul.

[crustyangler17]

i was fishing there today and caught 18 perch and 2 crappies. i think i saw the asian couple you were talking about. i saw one of them pull up a huge crappie on a shiner under a bobber. dont know if they kept it or not though. this was my 5th or 6th time there so far this year...im up to 88 fish from that spot alone and 96 total fish for the year.

[NJ219bands]

I caught 105 fish in 3 trips there this year. It was no good until after 5 PM yesterday. Sunny days are no good for ultralight jigging. 11 car loads of people were there when I arrived in the afternoon and more arrived in the evening. Nobody caught many fish. I only caught 21.