LUNCHTIME small PIKE 5/28

[Mikey topaz]

Put some socks on and get a tan! Hahah Catchin pike on your lunch break thats awsome!!

[FASTEDDIE29]

Originally Posted by buzzbaiter

Yeah river is dipping down to near 14' in Fairfield and below 4' in Chatham . 13' and 3.5' are the magic numbers for bank fishing/wading. However mosquitos are reaching atrocious levels with all the stagnant pools that form when the river floods and recedes. Need to break out the full body netting and OFF!

The blood suckers were so thick yesterday that I was tempted to start a leave fire. Found some off deep woods in the truck, it got em off my back for the 30-35 minutes I was fishing.

[Delawareriver]

Nice pike!

[buzzbaiter]

Originally Posted by FASTEDDIE29

The blood suckers were so thick yesterday that I was tempted to start a leave fire. Found some off deep woods in the truck, it got em off my back for the 30-35 minutes I was fishing.

Morris County Mos. Comm does spray but its usually not needed until late summer/early fall when West Nile starts showing up. This year is bad so they are spraying now. I email them all the time about hotspots but when u think about it, the entire drainage is a hotspot. They ATV/backpack spray the edges and roads adjacent to the big swamps like Great Piece Meadow & Hatfield Swamp but just too many stagnant pools and puddles. The walking trail along the river off Columbia Tpk is full of puddles and thats where its worst. Horrible like a plague. We could use a long dry spell.

http://www.morriscountynj.gov/mosquito/

[jimmythegreek]

good job eddie, thats a nice lunchtime snack u got there buddy!! everything is biting everywhere these days, jersey tarpon huh?!! hahaha ..............



.............and as for the boat story see the attached pics.........the fasteddie express is currently at jimmythegreeks mobile marine service....between having to fabricate a bearing carrier removal tool and all the pieces of bearings and shavings that fell out, Id say we need some parts dont worry buddy they will be here tomoro............Ill have u buttoned up this weekend.........dont those gears look a little rusty? isnt there supposed to be oil in that lower end?!! loooooool



the tool that took scotty an hour to make, he was pissed at u bro
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the gears and the remnants of the driveshaft bearing
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the shavings that were once bearings
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[Skunk City]

Originally Posted by jimmythegreek

good job eddie, thats a nice lunchtime snack u got there buddy!! everything is biting everywhere these days, jersey tarpon huh?!! hahaha ..............



.............and as for the boat story see the attached pics.........the fasteddie express is currently at jimmythegreeks mobile marine service....between having to fabricate a bearing carrier removal tool and all the pieces of bearings and shavings that fell out, Id say we need some parts dont worry buddy they will be here tomoro............Ill have u buttoned up this weekend.........dont those gears look a little rusty? isnt there supposed to be oil in that lower end?!! loooooool



the tool that took scotty an hour to make, he was pissed at u bro
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the gears and the remnants of the driveshaft bearing
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the shavings that were once bearings
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So THAT's what was making those cool sounds 5 minutes prior to us getting towed back to Lee's .

[FASTEDDIE29]

I have a new found respect and love for my "LOWER UNIT"!!! I'll never do her dirty again. Still wondering where all that oil went, I changed it at the end of this past September! I miss my LOWER UNIT!!! WHAAAAAA!!!!

[msgdan]

Great job Eddie !!! I tried a few "can't miss" spots this morning for about 2 hours from the kayak, and didn't even get a sniff !! Like you said, the water is still high, fast and stained, but very fishable. I will take the months of August and September with dry weather, with clear low water anytime, but if I waited for the perfect conditions, I would fish about 2 days a year !

Great job with the pike !!

Danny V

[FASTEDDIE29]

Got another Pike this afternoon that was 32 inches and slim. There starting to chew guys, go get em.

Dan, we all know once your honey hole heats up you'll have some fine pics to share. They're just coming off there beds now. They gotta eat eventually. See ya out there somewhere. Good luck!!! TIGHT LINEZ!!!!