Round Valley today 6/16/14 - NJFishing.com Your Best Online Source for Fishing Information in New Jersey

Logane10 · #1 06-22-2014, 07:13 PM

Well we did our trip today and it worked out well! We got there at 5:30, and started trolling right away. At 6:15 we hooked into our first fish on the planer board. We were in 110 fow and our lure was a small rapala floater in a natural minnow color with a 5/8 oz trolling weight. Probably running by the thermocline which was at about 22 feet. It was 90 feet behind the board and as soon as my brother grabbed the rod it made 2 nice jumps like a true rainbow should then a short fight to the net. Jaw tagged with "JOIN RVTA" and measured about 20". All this time there was nice trout chasing either bugs or minnows on the surface. Then we had a flatline out the back hit and miss which had a rapala floater jointed on it. At about 8:30 the down rigger at 65 ft hit and it was a 23" laker on a Laker Taker spoon. We then caught 2 more Lakers about the same size in the same spot over the next hour. Then in shut down until 11 when we left. Definitely falling in love with trolling this lake! All of the lake trout had shiners in their bellies but the fattest one had a 5" senko and a craw trailer for a jig in its stomach, but the bow just had bugs in it. Happy with the outcome for the second time trying there. Can't wait to get get out there with better conditions, barely any wind and bluebird skies by 9 am.

15FOOTER · #2 06-23-2014, 12:09 AM

Nice rainbow..good to see the shiners in the laker! Nice report

AndyS · #3 06-23-2014, 12:46 AM

Amazing what you find inside of fish sometimes, great report !!

Logane10 · #4 06-23-2014, 01:28 PM

Here is on of the laker not the fattest one but a nice one

jimmythegreek · #5 06-23-2014, 02:46 PM

good report and good job, thats a better day at RV. The place can be very tuff and wierd at times, seems on days ur catching fish all the other boars are doing well too.......and when u have a tuff day, everyone else does too. The water and the view make it worth the boat ride regardless of the fishing, its just a shame what the place is now compared to what it was years ago, ur fishing would have been considered a poor day 10 years ago

Logane10 · #6 06-23-2014, 03:03 PM

Even if we weren't catching fish it would have been a good day. The sky was orange when we got there and the water is so clear and blue. To see those big trout chasing stuff on the surface was worth it there was some that looked like it was 18" from their dorsal to their tail.