Merrill Creek Res. 5/18/13:

[flatcreek]

You said something about it raining all week when you were on vacation. Well I don't know about rain all week but it looks like it could be a tough one. Good luck on your quest the herring futures depend on it. Nice pic Wilson, how about another trip to SR one evening?

[cantcatchme]

Nice fish! I have to get up to some of those northern lakes and see what kind of hurtin I can put on them. We have the boat to do it. Just have to invest in a decent finder and GPS.

[AndyS]

I don't have a depth finder, fish finder or GPS. The best fish finder is the one between your shoulders. After a few years, most New Jersey lakes are easy to figure out, getting the fish to bite is another story.
A contour map is as far as I go, I'm low tech.

[njfisherman1975]

Nice looking fish...who says u gotta go to Canada to get lakers when u can catch them like that in New Jersey!!!

[Mike M]

Nice catch Andy. I hope you get the browns next time. At least you got a laker.

[rooferbird]

Thanks for the report, I tried MCR 2 weeks ago on a sunday for abourt 6 hours with only one hit, I've always had a hard time up there, maybe I'll try again this summer some time, there was a bass tourney when I was there too

[GetANet]

A nice fish picture is A NICE FISH PICTURE no matter what kind of fish it is!!! Only thing that could'a made it better would have been some young HOT CHICK holding it instead of Andy!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! I was extremely upset I didn't have any pictures of my fish from Friday night, but got that somewhat resolved cause I took the digital camera I got for my wife a couple of years ago so now I can post some nice fish pics!!!! Especially for the non believers........

[Moz]

Originally Posted by GetANet

Only thing that could'a made it better would have been some young HOT CHICK holding instead of Andy!

I'm sure if Wilson checks out the Photoshop software he can put Brooklyn Decker's body on Andy's head.

All sorts of wrong with that but the laker would still look good!

[Super]

MC was already 63 degrees last week. That's going to push the trout down and make it tougher on the fisherman. I like late April\early May when the temps are in the low 50's and the trout are close to the surface and trolling is optimal.

[Eskimo]

Originally Posted by buzzbaiter

How can you hold a bass tournament if any bass caught have to be immediately released? Jerks..

that's what i don't under stand. The only Largemouth Bass regulation I see in the Fish & Wildlife Digest reads:

April 15 – June 15
Catch & release only
(all waters

Apparently, catching, throwing in the live well, fishing with them all day, bringing in to the weigh station, weighing, and eventually releasing - suffices for "catch and release".

I'm not an ichthyologist, but his appears to me to be very disruptive of their nesting.