raritan river stripers

Hooked up on a fish this mornin that kicked my ass.....chased it down stream as far as I could but with the river runnin hard it s was a loosing battle for me....and I ended up loosen the fish cause it through out my plugg....heard that another njf member hooked up on another biggen this evening but ran into the same problem....can't beleive more poeple aren't taken advantage of this run! Well it ain't over yet! Beats the drive all the way to the bay or even to the beach.....next monday tuesday its gonna be prime....