Freshwater Fishing

[Far26]

Got out to do a little freshwater fishing today, sure felt good to put a bend in the rod. No trophy fish, but we had a good time anyway.
Pretty chilly out there but we found action none the less. A little scouting work for later this week when the weather is supposed to be spring like.
Had some family along, my brother, cousin, and his wife, all ready for the first trip of 2005.
Perch and pickerel were the catch of the day.
With air temps forecasted to be in the high 50's
to 60 I plan on getting out a few more times this week.

Still playing with my new camera, here are a few pictures.....

Pretty little pond
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My brother with a frisky little pickerel
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Danielle with a monster perch
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My cousin hooked up!
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[clamchucker]

The pines, the pines smile.gif . Super piks! Brings back many a memorie, thanks for shareing smile.gif

[NIGHTSTRIKES]

Thanks For The SweetWater Report Frank,
Great Pictures,thats a Fatty Yellow Perch
Danielle Caught,Nice Fish..
Yep, This Weeks Weather Should Make It A
Blast Out There on the Ponds and Lakes..

Keep Us Posted,, We Should Be Having Our Very
Own BassBarn FreshWater Forum Up Soon Too,Just
In Time For All This Action...

Take Care,, ,

[hipkvw]

That perch is a slob!

[Fly Ty R]

"In the pines
In the pines
Where the sun never shines
I'll shiver the whole night through..." - Huddie Ledbetter

:D

That first pic looks like my kinda pond...

Nice perch!

[Ding]

Beautiful pix, nice camera, and nice place to be fishing. Having that camera will only make your excellent threads even better. HAPPY DAYS.


Ding

[smellinfishy]

Where to fish freshwater right now in cape may county?

[sutton]

That's a gorgeous perch!! Caught a few little bass and bluegills at Cooper river yesterday on nightcrawlers...felt good to blow the stink off. Thanks to Barners who responded to my kayak depthfinder question.

[Brian E. Mullaney]

the perch is nice but Danielle is cuter smile.gif

Awesome! Im gonna try Assumpink lake up my way for some cold water largemouth & pickerel.

[circlehook]

I fished minnies at lunch time today and got 3 pickerel and 2 pretty decent largemouth. May have gotten more but the wind was pushin the bobber around too much. Fished a small western gloucester county pond.

[Far26]

Circlehook, where did you buy your minnows at? All my local shops are empty. I plan to get out a few more times this week before our lakes ice over.

[ 01-11-2005, 01:45 PM: Message edited by: Far26 ]

[Bgsdad]

Originally posted by Brian E. Mullaney:
the perch is nice but Danielle is cuter smile.gif

Awesome! Im gonna try Assumpink lake up my way for some cold water largemouth & pickerel. Mullaney you silver tongued devil. You must pick up a lot of women telling them they're cuter than a perch!

[West Ave Mike]

There's a bait store in Morrisville PA called H&L Live Bait that has Fathead minnows year round, perfect size for Perch and Crappie. Phone number is 215 295 1400.

[Fly Ty R]

smellinfishy:
There are quite a few ponds on Cape May County that have good winter bassin' and pick'n. And this year, since there is no ice, it's even easier to get to the fish, on shore or with a boat. Dennisville & Ludlam Ponds, East Creek Pond, Cape May Zoo pond.... all have bass and/or pickerel that will hit now. I bet the water is in the 40's now, which is pretty warm for January. Pick up a good Cape May map and find the ponds. Several are private, though, so watch out.

[LBI SurfRat]

those ponds will ice'd up by monday. these temps are dropping starting saturday.

[NIGHTSTRIKES]

Very Good Info FlyTyR,,
When I Lived Down In CapeMay Co,I Found Some
Very Good FreshWater Fishing To My Suprise...
We Caught Some Big LargeMouth Bass at the
Dennisville Lake You Mentioned on Rte47..
They Stock That Pond at the CapeMay County
Zoo in the Spring with Trout,and we also
caught largemouths there also..
And Another Good Area with multiple little ponds
the Hold Some Very Nice Bass is Back Off The
EastSide of Rte9 in RioGrande....

[Brian E. Mullaney]

Originally posted by LBI SurfRat:
those ponds will ice'd up by monday. these temps are dropping starting saturday. You can always hit rivers - I fish below the Assumpink dam up north here and get pickerel all winter long.

Manasquan river for sea run browns is another option.

[NIGHTSTRIKES]

Originally posted by Brian E. Mullaney:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by LBI SurfRat:
those ponds will ice'd up by monday. these temps are dropping starting saturday. Manasquan river for sea run browns is another option. </font>[/QUOTE]Brian, This Is Something I Might Want To Try.
When Would You Say Is The Best Time To Fish
For Them ??

[smellinfishy]

Thanks Fly Ty R. I will check em out.

[striper2278]

Originally posted by NIGHTSTRIKES:
And Another Good Area with multiple little ponds they Hold Some Very Nice Bass is Back Off The EastSide of Rte9 in RioGrande.... I grew up fishing those ponds every chance I could get! Got my biggest large mouth out of one of them that was around 8lbs. Killer fish on 6lb test!

[NIGHTSTRIKES]

Yeah Skip,
I use to live not far from there.I forget who
owns it-the name escapes me.But at one time
I belonged to the SouthJersey BassMasters Club
and you would get a key to the gate and you were
allowed to drive back there. I would take my
JEEP from Pond To Pond and catch alot of Nice
Bass In There,Like You Said Killer Fish....

[LaStChAnCe V]

does anyone fish the bucks county area? if so what ponds/creeks still hold fish~any info would be great~thanks

[eelball]

Anyone ever fish the pond off off the parkway near the rest stop in Capemay co. It's on the east side of the northerly lanes. Illegal to get to, but if you do..... whao.

[striper2278]

Originally posted by NIGHTSTRIKES:
Yeah Skip,
I use to live not far from there.I forget who
owns it-the name escapes me.But at one time
I belonged to the SouthJersey BassMasters Club
and you would get a key to the gate and you were
allowed to drive back there. I would take my
JEEP from Pond To Pond and catch alot of Nice
Bass In There,Like You Said Killer Fish.... Leeipors pits!

[striper2278]

Originally posted by eelball:
Anyone ever fish the pond off off the parkway near the rest stop in Capemay co. It's on the east side of the northerly lanes. Illegal to get to, but if you do..... whao. Been there done that one as well! ;)

[NIGHTSTRIKES]

Originally posted by striper2278:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by eelball:
Anyone ever fish the pond off off the parkway near the rest stop in Capemay co. It's on the east side of the northerly lanes. Illegal to get to, but if you do..... whao. Been there done that one as well! ;) </font>[/QUOTE]Rumor,over the years was that LandLocked
Stripers Are In The Mile Marker 3 One.....

[Far26]

Got out again today, caught a bunch of fish. Bass, crappie, yellow perch, bluegills, and a few snap offs from pickerel. Great day considering its mid-January. Had good company and fish all day, what more could you ask for? smile.gif
If you guys are going to give it a shot I would get out before the weekend. Most of our lakes are very shallow, it only takes a few nights with air temps in the teens to freeze them over.
64 tomorrow, you know where I'll be! :D

[striper2278]

Originally posted by NIGHTSTRIKES:
Rumor,over the years was that LandLocked
Stripers Are In The Mile Marker 3 One..... [/qb][/QUOTE]I have seen boils driving past it many times! I believe it!

[ 01-12-2005, 04:38 PM: Message edited by: striper2278 ]

[Fly Ty R]

That pond is connected to the bay under the road, so it makes sense that they'd get in there chasing herring or something. It's not totally fresh, either, not that it makes a difference to stripers.

Now I want to go bassing on this 65*+ day, but I'm stuck at work all day... D'oh!!

[jrisapirate]

Originally posted by eelball:
Anyone ever fish the pond off off the parkway near the rest stop in Capemay co. It's on the east side of the northerly lanes. Illegal to get to, but if you do..... whao. is this where they put up the guard rail and all of those posted signs? i pass it every day on my way home from work and wondered what is back there. i thought there might of been a pond. any ducks in it?

[Hy Brid Joe]

eelball
:cool: yes there are fish in that pond , it is private and it is posted! it belongs to the bianchino family. they have the generator and alternator / starter business
on rt 9 in oceanview. and your right whao :D a couple of years ago we had a real bad storm full moon flood tide and the salt infulltrated the fresh flooded it and they lost most of the fish so the pond had to be restocked .I know it cost him a pretty penny to restock it. tongue.gif
jbauer
hybridjoe

[gandy dancer]

LAstchance Levittown Lake and Core creek PArk still have rainbow's in them . Levvitown gets stocked again in the first week of FEB. You have rohman haus for largemouth,white and yellow pirch and carp.

[RedAtNight...]

where at in R&H area? if you don't mind.
Lookin for largemouth.
Public access to it??
thanks
jimcos999@hotmail if you want to share - if not, no problem and good luck

[gandy dancer]

Righ off Rt 413 near the Burlington Bristol Bridge theres a Fence on the left hand side of the road and you will notice the spot where everyone parks. once you park follow the fence into the woods and you will see the lake. shoot me a e-mail if you need more info its kind of tricky to explain but i will do my best.

[RedAtNight...]

gandy dancer
Thanks! you've got mail

[Far26]

Today was beautiful! Lots of other fishermen out today enjoying spring weather in January.
I was out just about everyday this week, the fishing was good everyday. Started fishing for bass and pickerel early in the week and went for yellow perch and crappies over the last two days.
T-shirt weather today, was great to be out and the fish were really biting. Kept a few panfish for dinner and released a good number of pickerel and largemouth bass.
I'll be fishing until the lakes ice over.

Fish Fry
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Pickerel
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Largemouth Bass
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[ 01-13-2005, 06:18 PM: Message edited by: Far26 ]

[Hy Brid Joe]

yo frank smile.gif
we gotta talk
JBauer
HyBrid Joe :D

[rockdoc]

Got out this morning, a little later than expected at about 10 am, fished for a few hours at the Squan....In the past 4 years, I've made about 15 or so trips up there in search of a sea-run--- still haven't found 'em! Stocked 6-10" browns were very active today though--- caught at least a dozen with probably twice that amount in misses...used spinners and small Rapala....None of the trout were big, but it felt nice to catch on a day like today...tight lines---Mike

[LaStChAnCe V]

thanks gandy~ whats the bait of choice for them rainbows if you dont mind me asking? also does core creek get stocked any time soon? thanks for the info again

[gandy dancer]

I Dont fish core creek that much but they stocked it about a month ago and will again the first week of Feb.Ive been getting the rainbows on power bait hot colors have been yellow ,rainbow,and orange. alot of people have been useing marshmello and mealworm and they are doing pretty good.

[fishon]

We are getting alot of trout in Levittown Lake on power bait by the boat ramp and some at the bridge at Core Creek. Lots of crappie and yellow perch hitting in some other lakes that i hit in Bucks.

[gandy dancer]

fishon do you fish levvitown lake regularly?If so ive probably bumbed into you.

[LaStChAnCe V]

thanks for the info~once the rain clears out and the water gets clean again ill be out~will post reports~thanks again

[eelball]

Hybrid joe,
I don't think its the one I'm thinking of. Its on the Bay side of the Parkway, near the reststop. There's a small path thru the woods that leads to it. Is that the one your talking about?

[Hy Brid Joe]

EELBALL :cool:
YEA THATS THE ONE, IF YOU ARE GOING NORTH ON THE GPS ITS ON THE RIGHT SIDE, BAY SIDE, PAST THE REST STOP BUT BEFORE THE TOLL . ITS GOT A BIG PILE OF DIRT IN FRONT OF WHAT WAS A PLACE PEOPLE WERE SNEAKING IN ON HIM. ACTUALLY THERE ARE SKID MARKS THERE NOW ACROSS THE GRASS AND INTO THE PILE OF DIRT. :D
JBAUER
HYBRID JOE

[eelball]

Yea joe. That's the one. Didn't know it was stocked. Or even owned for that matter. What's it stocked for?

[eelball]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by eelball:
Yea joe. That's the one. Didn't know it was stocked. Or even owned for that matter. What's it stocked for? [/QUOTE
BTW, We still need to get out and do some striper fishin.

[Hy Brid Joe]

WELL EELBALL smile.gif
ITS FAMILY OWNED AND THERE WAS THREE BROTHERS THE MIDDLE ONE LEWIS WAS JUST KILLED LAST YEAR GROOMING HIS MX TRACK IN WOODBINE. HE AND HIS YOUNGER BROTHER LIKED TO FISH ALONG WITH THEIR CHILDREN . THEY JUST HAD ALOT OF FUN WITH THE KIDS FISHING AND WHEN IT GOT FLOODED OUT LEWIS CAME TO ME TO FIND OUT HOW TO GET THE POND BACK TO NORMAL SO THEY COULD ENJOY IT ONCE AGAIN. AS FAR AS STRIPER FISHIN GOES I WOULD LOVE TA GO . I THINK I LOST YOUR NUMBER SO IFIN YA GET A CHANCE EMAIL WITH IT AND I WILL GIVE YA A SHOUT :D THANKS
JBAUER
HYBRID JOE