Ramapo River Report 9/21/16

[MudCat08]

Went to the Ramapo today in search of smallmouths at around 6pm until it got dark at 7pm.
Would have liked to get there earlier but the bite was still very good right up until dark.
Got 6 smallmouths, one largemouth, one sunfish and two rock bass. I didnt even know rock bass were in the ramapo. One of them was a solid 9.5" fish; photo below.
All fish caught on curly tail grub in a natural color. Didnt even have time to try on different colors - they were biting well enough on what i had on.
Was really fun.

[icebadger]

really nice rocky, they love grubs. sounds like a nice mixed bag.

[23cardinal]

Nice day! I didn't know Ramapo had any bass either-of any kind. Only gone for trout- and this is right up the street!
Without blowing out ur spot- any advice on where to look?

[MudCat08]

When i try to find smallmouth there, I look for sections of the river with gravel and rock bottoms, especially areas around and under bridges.
You can find bass around the large highway bridges that cross the ramapo river.

Most of the bass i find are small 10-12" guys but further up river in the new york area i have found bigger fish from 15-16" around 2lbs.

[23cardinal]

Originally Posted by MudCat08

When i try to find smallmouth there, I look for sections of the river with gravel and rock bottoms, especially areas around and under bridges.
You can find bass around the large highway bridges that cross the ramapo river.

Most of the bass i find are small 10-12" guys but further up river in the new york area i have found bigger fish from 15-16" around 2lbs.

Plenty good for me- never did much small mouth fishing - time to learn- I have a backup "heavy" trout rod with 8braid I've been toying with going on them for. I like the river fishing as a change- lots of larrys this summer
Ty- sAw u posted this on a different thread I didn't get to till now and felt dumb for asking-

[Fred E. Goose]

I hear good things about it around Davis Sport Shop Was thinking about hitting it NY side on their free fishing day, but wound up down 7 lakes road checking out the lakes and deer. Anyone know if you need a NY license on the Ramapo around there, or is it considered border water where you can get away with just a NJ license?