Super User casts_by_fly Posted February 3, 2022 Super User Share Posted February 3, 2022 Hi all, long time lurker so thought I should just sign up. I started bass fishing over 30 years ago with my dad including some club tournaments when I was 10-12 years old or so. We stopped tournaments but fished most weekends April through September for a long time. I moved out of the country for 12 years and didn’t have bass fishing so the past two years or so being back have been getting back into it and relearning what I forgot. Last year I picked up a motorized kayak which opened a lot of waters up and I did a lot of exploring and a bit of catching. This year should be a better one yet as I’m branching out and weeding out some lakes that were just okay and adding a few more into the mix. I’ve learned a good bit here and can’t wait to give a little back where I can. thanks, rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Super User casts_by_fly Posted February 4, 2022 Author Super User Share Posted February 4, 2022 Thanks gents! Now just need some soft water here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TriStateBassin106 Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Always glad to see more guys on here from New Jersey! May I ask what region of our state do you fish? I live in North Jersey and fish both North and Central Jersey but mainly focus on the northern counties (Bergen, Passiac, Sussex and Morris) Welcome to the forums! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Super User casts_by_fly Posted February 5, 2022 Author Super User Share Posted February 5, 2022 4 hours ago, TriStateBassin106 said: Always glad to see more guys on here from New Jersey! May I ask what region of our state do you fish? I live in North Jersey and fish both North and Central Jersey but mainly focus on the northern counties (Bergen, Passiac, Sussex and Morris) Welcome to the forums! I’m in about the same place you are. I live in Chester so have Hopatcong, Musconetcong, Budd, and Cranberry inside of 20 minutes from me. Mountain, Oxford furnace, spruce, and round valley are 30 minutes. I put a lot of time on Budd, Hopatcong, and Mountain last year but also got to the rest (except spruce). I made it up to monksville once and love the look of the place. Same with Merrill creek, except I like to be on the water before daylight so the gate restrictions aren’t my favorite. I’m planning to get onto Spruce, splitrock, and waywayanda at a minimum, maybe down to Carnegie or Assunpink at some point. where are you based? rick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriStateBassin106 Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 18 hours ago, casts_by_fly said: I’m in about the same place you are. I live in Chester so have Hopatcong, Musconetcong, Budd, and Cranberry inside of 20 minutes from me. Mountain, Oxford furnace, spruce, and round valley are 30 minutes. I put a lot of time on Budd, Hopatcong, and Mountain last year but also got to the rest (except spruce). I made it up to monksville once and love the look of the place. Same with Merrill creek, except I like to be on the water before daylight so the gate restrictions aren’t my favorite. I’m planning to get onto Spruce, splitrock, and waywayanda at a minimum, maybe down to Carnegie or Assunpink at some point. where are you based? rick I'm in Bergen but I fish a lot of the lakes/rivers/ponds in Passiac and Sussex I've only been to Hopatcong once and I enjoy fishing Monskville Both Greenwood lakes, Pompton lake and Green turtle pond in West Milford/Ringwood. I also fish Culver's lake in Sussex county but it's private so only when I can visit friends up there. You'll like Waywayanda, it's a good clean lake I used to go for the stocked salmon in there on the ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User casts_by_fly Posted February 5, 2022 Author Super User Share Posted February 5, 2022 19 minutes ago, TriStateBassin106 said: I'm in Bergen but I fish a lot of the lakes/rivers/ponds in Passiac and Sussex I've only been to Hopatcong once and I enjoy fishing Monskville Both Greenwood lakes, Pompton lake and Green turtle pond in West Milford/Ringwood. I also fish Culver's lake in Sussex county but it's private so only when I can visit friends up there. You'll like Waywayanda, it's a good clean lake I used to go for the stocked salmon in there on the ice. i love and hate Hopatcong at the same time. It’s not my favorite bass fishery. I know there are fish there and I get into them occasionally, but what works there doesn’t fit my wheelhouse of preferred fishing. And with as many tournaments that are there, those fish see a lot of pressure. But I LOVE the multi species nature of the lake. On one day there last year I had large and smallmouth, perch, pickerel, hybrid stripper, white perch, pickerel, and walleye. All throwing a combination of top waters and crank baits. Having multiple walleye slam a 110 plopper before the sun comes up is a lot of fun. You really never know what you’re going to catch. The pleasure boats suck and being in a kayak is a little limiting at times. If it wasn’t so close I wouldn’t fish it as much. thanks, rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabinlife Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Hi tristate, cast…I’ve only gotten into freshwater in the last 2 years, last year I fished assunpink a lot and spruce run about 10 times….if you guys would like to get together this spring let me know! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User casts_by_fly Posted February 6, 2022 Author Super User Share Posted February 6, 2022 39 minutes ago, Cabinlife said: Hi tristate, cast…I’ve only gotten into freshwater in the last 2 years, last year I fished assunpink a lot and spruce run about 10 times….if you guys would like to get together this spring let me know! Thanks for sure! Where are you based and do you fish from a boat or shore? I just checked out spruce yesterday while I was in the area. Obviously full ice still but I’ve not seen the shoreline up close before and I wanted to gauge distances (because 4mph in a kayak requires planning). I’ll be starting in March when the ice is out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabinlife Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 I live in Whiting, I fish from a kayak and I’m old school…I still paddle. As soon as ice out I plan on hitting assunpink. Spruce run is a beautiful place, it’s large but there’s plenty of points and deep water close to the launch. Another nice place is manasquan reservoir, the only thing with that place is it’s gated and you can’t launch pre dawn…. let me know when you’re going. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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