Millstone River

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Went fishing in the 65 degree Millstone River this evening for the first time in a while. Caught and released a largemouth bass with a small, black shad dart and 1.5” white twister tail on 2 lb test line on my first cast of the day. Didn’t get a hit while ultralight jigging after that. Landed 3.5 lb and 8 lb common carp with canned whole kernel corn on a #4 long shank gold hook and > 60 year old 4 lb test mono. Took a long time to reel in the big carp. Caught and released 2 yellow bullheads on 12 lb test line just before I left at night. Caught one on my last cast of the day. I’ll probably go fishing at Manasquan tomorrow.