Raritan river 4/8/19:

[AndyS]

Duke Island Park, 2 spots, nothing. Robert St., rolled a nice fish. Orlando Park, nothing. Somerville just below the Rt. 206 got hit so hard almost had the rod pulled from my hands. Before I could figure out what was going on the fish was gone. Did see the head and back come out of the water before the hook pulled, red and brown, every bit of 6 pounds, probably way more. What ever it was probably wouldn't have fit in my net, straitened out the hook on my jig. Rt. 206 at the Hillsborough/Somerville is the last stocking point on the Raritan, (although that has been disputed by some) My guess a big hatchery stocked fish. Over to Bridgewater/Manville, nothing. South Bound Brook nothing. Went 0 for 2 on the big water today.
Saw one other angler up on the "shale flats" in Duke Island Park this morning. The bug hatch was prolific on the upper half. Stopped by and talked to the Rutgers people looking to PIT tag American Shad, none caught they said.