Monksville Miracles

[23cardinal]

Good catches! No skunksville for u
Ur smallie looks like a baby bronze tuna it's so plump-
Nice work- I'm more than a little bit jealous-
Yea I'm curious about the football and the drunk day time walleye- if u don't mind sharing-by the north launch or in the south(deep water)

[tradingfrank27]

Nice job with the fish. I remember the days when we use to be able to throw Jerkbaits and spinnerbaits around the lake.. that was before the 30 foot wall of weeds decided to take over.

[Fred E. Goose]

Originally Posted by tycomps

good to hear the bronze are starting to buddy up, what did that one eat?

A very large crankbait. I was actually tossing it and hoping one of them muskies would pop out of the weeds and nail it. It was cool to see "big fish eat big baits" to be true for once.

[Fred E. Goose]

Originally Posted by Skunk City

Very nice Smallie and great job with the Walleye! My buddy's first Monks 'eye was very similar to yours, mid September just before noon on a bright day, weird! Trolling or casting if you don't mind me asking?

Pretty cool, Skunk. Flatline trolling: rod in one hand, tiller of the trolling motor in the other hand. Tried to replicate my route several times after that with no luck, so I resorted to casting a large crankbait at the weeds and got the smallie.

[briansnat]

So you caught the one bass and one walleye that live in Monksville, cool. Not many get both (at least on the same day). Too bad you missed the muskie (it's a nice one judging from the pics).

I hope you returned them to the water. There used to be a trout in there too, but someone kept it.

[Fred E. Goose]

Originally Posted by 23cardinal

Good catches! No skunksville for u
Ur smallie looks like a baby bronze tuna it's so plump-
Nice work- I'm more than a little bit jealous-
Yea I'm curious about the football and the drunk day time walleye- if u don't mind sharing-by the north launch or in the south(deep water)

Check your pm's

[ScowardNJ]

Not many lakes in NJ that give you the feeling of accomplishment like Monks does after putting together a solid catch. Nice work!

[tradingfrank27]

Originally Posted by briansnat

I hope you returned them to the water. There used to be a trout in there too, but someone kept it.

I remember those days, people caught some good ones too. The state actually threw in a few hybrids in there and I've seen 2 photos of people catching them few years ago. Guess it was a test program but I guess that's not going to happen.

[Fred E. Goose]

Originally Posted by tradingfrank27

Nice job with the fish. I remember the days when we use to be able to throw Jerkbaits and spinnerbaits around the lake.. that was before the 30 foot wall of weeds decided to take over.

Yeah Frank, I really like it early spring before those weeds start to develop and the lake gets crowded.

Originally Posted by briansnat

So you caught the one bass and one walleye that live in Monksville, cool. Not many get both (at least on the same day). Too bad you missed the muskie (it's a nice one judging from the pics).

I hope you returned them to the water. There used to be a trout in there too, but someone kept it.

Haha! I think the muskie ate the trout. I've read that it was like a feeding frenzy at the boat ramp when the state would dump the trout in there.

Originally Posted by ScowardNJ

Not many lakes in NJ that give you the feeling of accomplishment like Monks does after putting together a solid catch. Nice work!

Yeah Scott! I lived on Ringwood Ave. in Wanaque a couple years back, so I've fished there A LOT. Mostly from land since this is only my 2nd year with the boat and the first year was mostly spent getting used to fishing on a tiny aluminum. I don't do great there, and have had plenty of skunked days, but I usually do better than average. This walleye was definitely hard earned.

[Skunk City]

Originally Posted by tradingfrank27

I remember those days, people caught some good ones too. The state actually threw in a few hybrids in there and I've seen 2 photos of people catching them few years ago. Guess it was a test program but I guess that's not going to happen.

I have a picture on my phone of a very large Hybrid caught at Monks in the spring. There are a few in there, as well as in Greenwood...