Ramapo Report 5/12

[BT67]

Decided to do some troutin today as tomorrow is looking like a washout. Morning started off bad when I realized I had left my interior lights on in my car overnight and the car wouldn't start..ugh. Its a little before 6 and I have no jumper cables and no one I know is awake. Wife says Walmart is open 24 hrs, so I take her car, pick up the cables, jump the car and get to the river around 745. River was still up a bit and clear. First spot Mahwah, once again disappointed, totally crushed em in this spot last year, this year having to work way to hard, wound up with 5 cookie cutters on a spinner in HOURS. 2nd spot a little north of there to a spot I haven't fished before but I know they stock there? NADA, 2 hours and not a bump. Real deep spot that was difficult to fish, get a drift etc. Its now 1ish and I had time to make the trek down to my Oakland spot that bailed me out a few weeks ago. Picked away here with about 5 more, 1 on a spinner, rest on worms. All cookie cutters today. Getting ready to wrap it up and get a take on a worm, big fish, loosen the drag, fish makes a couple runs and I'm shaking thinkin its big breeder, nope, giant sucker! what a let down.

Been out twice this year and fishing has been way tougher than last year. Thought with all the rain this season there would be a good spread of fish but I'm not seeing it, Ramapo doesn't appear to be getting the #'s the state says, at least not in the spots I'm fishing, there should be allot more fish around? Surplus trout? not in the Ramapo?