Njfers return to salmon country part 2!!!

[Mikey topaz]

As you guys all know there was talk about the Njf boyz comin back to town. Got a few of the guys and headed north this weekend. I rolled up a day early to beat the crowd and do some prospecting. Took the ride once I got up to find a local brown spot and found some fish but they were there but spooky and didn’t have much time to fish before dark. I was able to stick a good big ole domestic rainbow floating a egg sack.
The next day we got up and headed to “ no comment” we saw a fish or two caught and knew they were there! It didn’t take long and we got dialed in quick. Everyone hooked a bunch of steelies but landing them was the problem we were chasing these fish all the way down river and doing whatever it took to get them to the net! Friday was definitely the better day with lighter crowds and more salmon running with the steelies and browns running tight behind them. We tried the brown trout spot one more time and seen plenty of fish but the water dropped and cleared up and they were really spooked but we gave it hell! The rest of the trip we hung in the fast water pickin away at the steelies, and the last day in the afternoon we took a short ride to a nearby crick for a salmon slaughter for a little bit before we hit the road. Got down to the hole and there was all the salmon you could want.we got to work and played for a bit... I snapped the sage on a big ole salmon and was officially the designated netter. Good thing because at the same time Scotty and nick get a double going on and I was able to get em both into the net. Awesome time! Fun trip for sure, I ended up doing the Pulaski plunge not once not twice not three times probably four or maybe five before frying my phone loosing a bunch of pics but I’ll post what I got...

Congratulations to my homie nick on landing his first and second steelie!
Congratulations to Johnny peppers on landing his biggest brown of his life lol estimates weight 18-20 lbs
My man Scotty was dialed In and hooked a few steelies but couldn’t keep these chrome rockets on, we’ll get you one next time pal don’t you worry!
And we had a few of our njfers brother that couldn’t make it up this trip we missed ya boyz maybe just maybeeee one more time.......

[Mikey topaz]

[Mikey topaz]

[thmyorke1]

fantastic! Great work, bros, that brown jon got is incredible btw! And all the steelhead look great

[Andrushkin33]

Excellent job boys.

Thats spot where you with the net Mikey, by far my favorite strech to fish.

You not fishing if not plunging.

Andre

[bigfishy]

Very nice steel!!!

[Pondhopper8]

Great work guys that looks like a blast!!! Never been up to Pulaski!

[Mikey topaz]

Originally Posted by Pondhopper8

Great work guys that looks like a blast!!! Never been up to Pulaski!

Gotta try it at least once! Ask nick he will tell ya he’s hooked now

[ScowardNJ]

Fun weekend for sure!!!! Very impressed watching Nick dial in the steelhead early in the weekend. We got hit with a cold front Saturday night making the river practically lifeless Sunday morning. Typical shoulder to shoulder fisherman up and down the river with no one hooking up and then all of a sudden “Fish On!”. It’s Nick and the fish takes him way down the river. Mikey follows and they got in the net. That was the only fish I saw caught in the river that day and it was a quality steelhead. Congrats buddy!
Then Mikey said let’s try one more spot. We took a ride and he lead us to the mother load of kings with out a ton of people on top of each other. Great way to end the weekend.

[NickM221]

This weekend was a blast! Had a great time hanging with the boys and was super pumped to land my first steelhead. Was lucky enough to catch a second solid steelhead so I had some photographic evidence since Mikey's phone and the pics of the first went for a swim

Big thanks to Mikey for putting us on the fish as always!

Originally Posted by Mikey topaz

Gotta try it at least once! Ask nick he will tell ya he’s hooked now

You've gotta try it! This is definitely one of my favorite places to fish now. Big fish in shallow water always makes for a good time