Surprise Catches?

[saxmatt]

One time I was targeting pike in the Millstone river and actually caught one.

[Gatto1227]

Originally Posted by saxmatt

One time I was targeting pike in the Millstone river and actually caught one.

If that's true then congratu-fricken-lations! I say you have a better shot at winning the lottery

[Suntzu]

Caught a 8 inch tiger musky in the Rahway river in Cranford as well as a 6 lb channel cat, caught an 18 inch striper in the Rahway under the st George ave bridge in Rahway
Caught a huge brown trout in Clark Res on a crank bait

[tautog]

My friend's kid caught an arm in the Raritan a number of years ago.

[antgogz]

I always fished a tributary that led to the passaic river and it was full of bait. For ten years I've fished this spot and caught tons of smallmouth. However , I could never understand why I couldn't get a pike. Sure enough, this past march I finally scored a pike that was 30 inches and it was def a surprise because its the only one I caught there in ten years.

[jimcnj]

Originally Posted by phil

Im surprised everytime I catch a fish, does that count?

This

[phil]

Originally Posted by Suntzu

Caught a 8 inch tiger musky in the Rahway river in Cranford as well as a 6 lb channel cat, caught an 18 inch striper in the Rahway under the st George ave bridge in Rahway
Caught a huge brown trout in Clark Res on a crank bait

Tiger musky cool but the trout??? Is that recently or years ago? I live in Clark fish it twice a week never saw a trout come outta there. (Moved here in 2009)

[jimcnj]

Originally Posted by Suntzu

Caught a 8 inch tiger musky in the Rahway river in Cranford as well as a 6 lb channel cat, caught an 18 inch striper in the Rahway under the st George ave bridge in Rahway
Caught a huge brown trout in Clark Res on a crank bait

OK I'll bite. Where did the musky come from? Was that watershed ever stocked with musky?

[Jigman13]

Originally Posted by Suntzu

Caught a 8 inch tiger musky in the Rahway river in Cranford as well as a 6 lb channel cat, caught an 18 inch striper in the Rahway under the st George ave bridge in Rahway
Caught a huge brown trout in Clark Res on a crank bait

I've thrown stockers in Clark res. when I was a kid. Caught them below the falls and ran em up! Lol... There's prob a few deeps holes that'd hold em over. Forage is another story. Perhaps they developed a taste for gills and crappies?

[Suntzu]

Originally Posted by phil

Tiger musky cool but the trout??? Is that recently or years ago? I live in Clark fish it twice a week never saw a trout come outta there. (Moved here in 2009)

All this year
I hAve been fishing Clark Res for 40 years first trout I ever caught there and just assumed it was a transplant as lots if guys move trout around and it's stocked below the falls. Back before they drained the Res we would catch yellow perch, white perch, occasional pickerel as well as the LM and crappie that are the staples now

Tiger musky is a mystery to me, trout fishing below a certain falls and caught it in a spinner no clue where it came from