monster smallie

[bronzeback]

forgot to post this giant i got with my nephew mid april the saturday before bass season closed. i emailed andy the pic and hope he can post it.

im out of town for a few months and ive been reading about the raritan. especially lard's post..

the raritan upstream from south bound brook from raritan to neshanic has always been incredible smallie, carp, largemouth and giant pure strain musky which are now gone bec of some ppl i kno bow shot all of em 15 20 yrs ago,,, scumbags.. i havent seen or heard of a nice musky in many yrs bec of these 3 or 4 dudes from raritan which i will not mention there names.

also im happy to say it always had large herring populations. i kno this bec almost every year i see large balls of herring and i snag one or two of them out and use as bait, especiall manville to nevias street raritan and although i only fish for smallmouth i accidentally catch shad and walleye from robert street.

im the raritans biggest fan bec i live on it my entire life.. idk if this is good or bad but i wish we can get some muskie and pike back in the raritan.

[Lard Almighty]

The Raritan is a great fishery. I cut my chops as a kid biking down to the river, wading up to my chest in nothing but shorts and sneakers, pitching jigs and rapalas for smallies. It always amazed me how alive that river was, and not just with fish. On any given day you could see herons, osprey, deer, turkey, turtles, snakes, frogs, muskrats, and a myriad of other critters.

You and I have to hook up some day to do some down 'n dirty Raritan River fishing. We need to trade notes.

[AndyS]

ANOTHER nice smallie from da rivah !!!

[crustyangler17]

i know that spot havent fished there in a long time, only went there once actually with nightcrawlers and got some sunnies and a decent LMB.

[FASTEDDIE29]

That is a big SMALLIE, HOLY SH#T!!! BEAST, What is that 6 lbs or so??? SWEEEEEEEET!!!!!

[FISHOFF]

What a TOAD!!!

[Moz]

Oh snap that's a big smallie Nice work!

[bronzeback]

thanks guys. and thanks andy for posting pic. and i look forward to meeting you lard.

i did not weigh the fish but i hav a good guess it was five and a half

if so my personal best.. but idk

best of luck everyone during this prime time may and june!!!

[riverman]

Originally Posted by AndyS

ANOTHER nice smallie from da rivah !!!

hold it out a little farther so it looks like a 10 pounder

[riverman]

Originally Posted by riverman

hold it out a little farther so it looks like a 10 pounder

every pick from this dude is 5 ft away from his body making his fish look huge get real clown