Bad Weather, Good Fishing 4/22

[NorthJerzyG]

Got up this morning and decided to get a few hours in before the storm. Picked up my buddy and headed over to Barbours pond. After about 30 min I hit my new pb brown. Fought like beast. Has to be 5.5# or better.

After a few sunnies and a missed stockie we decided to head over to a Passaic River spot. Not much going on there until a nice size pike followed my spinner in and took it about a foot off shore and ran. After a quick battle I landed my biggest pike of the year so far. Not a bad day at all, other than the weather.........

[Skunk City]

Nice man! I thought I've seen pictures of bigger pike from you though, I'm a little disappointed !

[Tony Cav]

Don't look now but that looks like a landlocked salmon son

[NorthJerzyG]

Originally Posted by Skunk City

Nice man! I thought I've seen pictures of bigger pike from you though, I'm a little disappointed !

It might be a tie with one other I caught but the pic doesn't do it justice. Seemed longer than the other, but not as chunky.

I didn't think they mixed salmon in with the stockers but if it is someone let me know. That way I can cross it off the list of fish I've caught this year. Cause that's one I didn't think I'd get, lol.

[FISHOFF]

Originally Posted by Tony Cav

Don't look now but that looks like a landlocked salmon son

Definetly not a salmon, a brown for sure landlocks don't have that many spots. The state doesn't have salmon in the hatcheries they are imported from Masachusetts I think. A real beauty, how long was it?

[acabtp]

def. a brown trout, and a very nice one at that

[FASTEDDIE29]

Thats AWESOME. Good catch on a GRIMEY day!!!

[Hook I]

tail finn straight across ( Brown ) not like a > or Y as other trout / salmon

[shucker]

Real nice brownie,pike aint bad either.

[NorthJerzyG]

Originally Posted by FISHOFF

Definetly not a salmon, a brown for sure landlocks don't have that many spots. The state doesn't have salmon in the hatcheries they are imported from Masachusetts I think. A real beauty, how long was it?

Without a measure, 24/25 inches.