SHUCKER's RARITAN RIVER WALLEYE 3/10

[AndyS]

Great stuff ! I can't thank the guys enough for posting the fish photos and locations on the Raritan river. New light has been shed on this river now and it can only get better, heck, you guys made New Jersey Fish and Game sit up and take notice. Remember FE and I went to the Fish and Game Council meeting to talk about the Raritan river and what a great fishery it is. Standing on that wall you are fishing 1/2 of 1% of that river. I remember seeing that river flow a different color for each day of the week, now look at it. Hope it continues to grow in popularity as I will be buy a drift boat and take people down the river, there is already a charter buisness on the South Branch of the Raritan river. Looking forward to doing more work with the folks from Rutgers this spring and doing more clean up work on the river to boot !

The Lawrence Brook, a tributary of the Raritan River in New Jersey, is impounded currently by multiple dams, preventing upstream passage for fish. Following an educational presentation about the serious depletion of herring and other Atlantic fish the Lawrence Brook Watershed Partnership applied to the NY-NJ Harbor Estuary Program (NY-NJ HEP) and was awarded a grant of $47,000 for a partial feasibility study for fish ladders around the lowest two dams on the Lawrence Brook, the Westons Mill Dam and the Westons Arch Dam.

I also contacted the US Fish and Wildlife Service to question why the Island Farm Fish Weir has only 11 inch slots and there are big fish that can not use the passage. Maybe some day soon that waterfall will be gone, they built a fish ladder for a 4 foot high dam.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK3WYYxweA4

[kmaty]

I used to go there on my lunch hour last year and sometimes I'd see 6 guys fishing that spot on a TUESDAY. Ridiculous. It's kind of hard to keep a spot on the DL here in NJ, but when there's lots of posts, places get packed real quick. Every person I met there said "well I'm on NJF but I don't post." Every one of them. Keep that in mind. For every one person posting there are 100 waiting to have you do all their homework. That's why I don't post reports on here. Last thing I need is another South Bound Brook or a Passaic River at my fishing holes.

First congratulations on a nice fish!!!
Second im on njfishing and i dont post i love that or when you post up reports and your in box GOES THROUGH THE ROOF!!!!!! Lol i share with a few guys but il never blow my spots up gota put that foot work in

[PGAProfishional]

Gentlemen,

I'd like to REMIND everyone that this thread is Shucker's Raritan River Walleye 3/10.

If you have something to say...Why would you not create a new thread about fishing opinions, "Spot Burning", etc..?

Taking away from a great CATCH is juvenile, don't you think?

[mcfish82]

Beauty of a walleye! However saying you enjoy fishing pressure has to be one of the dopiest things I've ever heard. Glad you don't fish my lakes! Lol! Tight lines!

[FASTEDDIE29]

Originally Posted by PGAProfishional

Gentlemen,

I'd like to REMIND everyone that this thread is Shucker's Raritan River Walleye 3/10.
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If you have something to say...Why would you not create a new thread about fishing opinions, "Spot Burning", etc..?

Taking away from a great CATCH is juvenile, don't you think?

Well said. I should've been the one to turn off the damn computer. Now there's a stupid debate on my buddy's thread that I posted for him. His computers down unfortunately. It is what it is, a nice walleye.

TIGHT LINEZ!!!!!

Nice fish Shucker.....great way for you to start out and also for alot of guys on here this year so far.....I think this could be one of those gems or a year if it keeps up the way it's been going......... it's a shame that a good post has been totally taken off track.......seems to be the trend on this board lately and that's my observation and have discussed this with others who have been here for a minute....you all know what happens when a secret society comes into town, they usually get run outta town fast.......How about just keeping this board strictly to fishing and being supportive to others, is it really that hard to do.......I think not........If you don't like someone's post, don't read it...........go back and read the past month or so posting and you'll see alot of them are so childish and immature..........people saying they miss getting their balls busted, liking when their spots are blown up,c'mon are you serious or what?...that's prob the funniest thing I have ever seen posted in my life..............bottom line, no one is that good on here...............and for you internet tough guys are exactly that, cowards that hide behind a keyboard...I bet you'd run like a b@tch if you ever bumped into someone you mouthed off to on the water or at a boat ramp........I've seen it happen!!!!!!............some of you think you are fish and game officers, police officers, and game wardens , well news flash, you're not...If someone does something differently than you do, send them a private message and offer your suggestion ....but to call someone out on a board.....Geez!!!.............let's get back to fishing, the season is about to start.......................90% of the guys on this board are reading these posts and going to he 'hot spot' that's been in the next few days......and by that I mean the ones that NEVER post......

P.S. ....Sorry for my rant this early, but this post that started off great with a nice fish caught, went downhill really fast and that is not fair to Shucker.......Lately this board has more drama and personalities than the Real Housewives of NJ........I'm gonna sit back and lurk .....I'm done giving my spots away.......what do I get out of it?.....Private messages from IDIOTS telling me how to hold a fish and to stick to bass fishing and cooking..or this is even better:...Hey Mitch, nice fish!!...Where'd you get it and what bait?......REALLY!!!!!!!!!!!..Not a "Hey maybe we can fish together sometime or introduce themselves".........REALLY!!!!!..Good luck w/ that!!!..Are some of you guys too good to say something nice about someone else's post?....what that all about, your pride gets in the way?......
I've NEVER been negative towards anyone, always giving support even for the guy who posts a sunnie..Always been that way............some of you guys need to seriously get over your selves already...........Oooops, Sorry, we all know you 'elitists' are all that, How could I forget....Can you feel my sarcasm, cause I'm laying it on really THICK!!!..........Did I make my point LOUD AND CLEAR...........nice seeing you guys!!!

This board has turned into the same 4 guys posting.......I understand it's winter and ice fishing isn't for everyone, but the comments are from the same cast of characters......doesn't that say it all right there.....there are 100 guys watching everything that is going on on a daily basis....

I'll end this on a positive....Hope everyone has a decent year ahead!!!!....FISH ON(ALWAYS!!!)

[shucker]

Thanks for all the compliments guys,this winter has been a bear it was great to finally get something decent.As for the spot burning... who cares.Fishing a highly pressured area forces you to become a better fishermen.Private lakes and the permit only lakes is like shooting fish in a barrel.Funny chit guys.

[ScowardNJ]

Wow, catching up on some NJFishing.....Beautiful Eye Shucker!

[Mikey topaz]

First off lemme start this off the way it should started out before it got outta hand NICE FISH SHUCKER! Way to get out there and make it happen man! and as stated above more angler fishing pressure is only gonna make yourself a better angler totally agreed! Who cares about where a guy was fishing,i dont wanna come off as cocky but many times i have walked up and guys are throwing the whole box and kitchen sink at em i walk up and few cast later baammm its alot more than just walking up to a spot and just because your there your gonna catch em, you gotta know how to fish the fish do your own thing and dont pay attenttion to others! Try new stuff out think of the conditions etc take it all in and enjoy the time out there on the water! And just a shout out alot of us fish on here together some a little rowdier than others cough cough(eddie!!!) but hey its all about hanging out relaxin with buddies and havin a good time especially with some ball busting cmon! Lol i mean what else are ya suppossed to do when the fish are not biting and all the beers gone?

[Mikey topaz]

again NICE ShUcker!!!