Raritan River, Big Hybrid Striper 8/13

[SkillfulAngler908]

Crazy what u can catch outta that river, you never know what may be on the end of your line! I know of a couple big hybrids being caught out of one of the D&R lochs, wonder where they come from? Nice job though Eddie!!

[ScowardNJ]

That thing looks well fed! Great fish!

[saxmatt]

Nice! Had a tiger about the size of the one you caught chase a topwater right up to the wall a few weeks ago.

[bunker dunker]

Great Fish Eddie,congrats!!!!

[paulyfish]

Originally Posted by Bottomfeeder

Nice job! This might be a stupid question, are those fish swimming upstream from the ocean or downstream from a location where they have been stocked?

Great catch Eddie....

Not a stupid question. Very rare for them to occur in nature...
We believe that when we have heavy rain events they flow out of Spruce run and other stocked spots. They move around like crazy. I have caught them all the way down to the bay. Not common, but they are most certainly there and really make you take notice in tenacity between them and a true strain Bass. And yes, they love rattle traps... and eat flies and topwaters as well.
paulyfish@reeltherapy.com

[Fish n Jeep]

Hi Paul! Remember me? Navesink River, launched kayaks out of Rumson, I tipped over by that creek on the north side?

[Jigman13]

Originally Posted by Fish n Jeep

Hi Paul! Remember me? Navesink River, launched kayaks out of Rumson, I tipped over by that creek on the north side?

lol! MAN DOWN!

[Blackfish Bobby]

Nice job Eddie..... I drive past there everyday and only fished it around seven times in 10 years.... Gotta stop more often when conditions are right.

Congrats again on a great catch.

[jimmythegreek]

thats a slob eddie, well done buddy. Musta been an intense fight in current, an 8lber in the open water is a blast, couldnt imagine that tank rippin drag. Its amazing what goes over dams and down streams in high water, not to mention the size of that wiper, hes def eating good in the river! yeah buddy!!!!!

[bigfishy]

That sounds like the best possibilty of how they got there, other than an unannounced stocking or a fisherman stocking....The only reason that i doubt that they came from spruce is that I or anyone I know has NEVER heard of them beeing caught or seen above that dam....If they are comming from spruce than there are many many miles of river before they make it down to THAT dam....I have heard of them being caught from that dam on down to the bay and in the canal....

I think maybe a super secret stocking in the canal or the lower raritan....
But what the hell do i know ?? you could be rite about them coming from spruce...