Raritan river Monstah Rainbow Trout !!!! 5/16/16:

[AndyS]

1st day of my vacation and thought I would do a little fishing on the Raritan river. Fished Duke Island Park and caught one trout there. I then drove down to Robert Street and fished the area where the dam had been removed. I hooked a fish standing exactly where the old dam had been. This fish hit my lure so hard it nearly pulled the rod out of my hand, and in a wink of an eye my line snapped ! I could have snagged a large carp, but I did feel a head shake before I could loosen the drag on my reel, my guess it was a big trout. I caught another small trout before I moved down stream a bit. Along the bank is a deep run, this is where I got this huge Rainbow Trout. The fish had me running up and down the river until I was finally able to get it to net. A few photos and back she went. So for all those fishermen who say they need to fish the base of a dam in order to catch fish, guess what, no dams in sight and the fishing is great ! Love catching big trout in big water !!!
I looked and looked as I fished, couldn't find any tires in the river ! BUT Central Jersey Stream Team was cleaning up around the old Prices Junkyard with the Bonnie Brea kids.

[acabtp]

nice fish andy!

[FASTEDDIE29]

Breeeeeeeeeeederrrrrrrr Rainbow! WOW!!! Great catch Cap'n! I was down around Robert St yesterday in the damn wind! Didn't find what I was looking for unfortunately. BUT, I saw more bait at the spots I checked than I've ever seen before! BAIT EVERYWHERE!!!

[AndyS]

True dat !!! Shallows are packed with baitfish at all locations and a Black Caddis hatch going on as well !

[Mikey topaz]

Thats a good one i like it way better than the old stinky tires!

[NorthJerzyG]

That looks like a big girl to me!! Great start to the vacation!