Headed out for what was supposed to be a "severe thunderstorm warning" of a day and lo and behold, not a drop, not even one,of rain all day....Fishing was kinda slow but we managed about 12 between us , but only a few keepers......Kinda strange day as it started off with Waldo making his first appearance of the year for me(soeey about the out of focus pic),and a few Sammy's and Larry's between us..Then out of nowhere I was chuckin one of my fav. crankbaits and I got hit, reeled it in , and it was a RAINBOW Trout!!!.....On a crankbait....that's a first for me....pretty cool actually.......Nothing huge but a great day to get sunburn and enjoy the water....Oh yeah, and also we saw a bald eagle diving for fish early this morning also.....VERY COOL....(this was a first in all the years I fished where we were today)

 

Here's a few to show it really happenned....

 

 

 

 

Sounds like a cool trip with some nice fish!

Where were you guys fishing? From the Walleye I'm guessing Swartswood. I've caught rainbow trout on rattle traps before. I was fishing Carisaljo a few days ago and I caught a bullhead catfish on a spinnerbait.

Nice fish way to rep jersey

nice man, I live in nj too. What lake do you fish at?

I fish in Northern NJ......Newark Watersheds,Greenwood Lake,Monks(Skunks)ville,Split Rock,Pompton River occasionally...LMK if you are ever up in the area and if I'm not working, let's fish for the day....pm me when you want to go and I'll let you know if I can meet you(this goes for any NJ bass fishermen)