Maps

[Perchhead]

Is there any where to get a map of Menatico Sand Ponds in Millville I hear there is good crappie fishing in there

[brown bob]

go to fish and game office i got one there before. there were two boats there today when i took a ride there. i have never caught crappie there but that dosent mean they arent.lots of big carp though.brown bob

[Perchhead]

Thanks brown bob I will go do that

[Capt Lew]

Don't know about crappie, but it does hold the NJ largemouth record.

Robert Eisele 1980 10# 14oz., which still stands today.

http://images.snapfish.com/342%3B56%3B523232%7Ffp58%3Dot%3E2328%3D369%3D837%3 DXROQDF%3E2323774%3B9%3C748ot1lsi

[Perchhead]

Nice fish
Thats probably why you don't here of crappie if there is fish like that in there

[Fly Ty R]

Good luck ever getting a bass in there of that size anymore. It's way too overfished now.

Here's a quick aerial map, perch:

http://photos.imageevent.com/striperfly/davespictures/huge/MenanticoPonds.jpg

[Capt Lew]

Originally posted by Fly Ty R:
Good luck ever getting a bass in there of that size anymore. It's way too overfished now.
Yep your right on that! Nice aerial map.

[Perchhead]

Thanks for the aerial shot What kind of species are in there Fly Ty R

[brown bob]

bass,carp,white and yellow perch and lots of pickeral. of course sun fish. the herring come up in there 9in the spring too. bb

[outlaw]

I caught some big crappie there a few years ago in the spring.

[Clamboni]

I've heard that noone's sure if the record was actually in the sand ponds. There's supposedly another place called Menantico that it may have been caught at.

[Fly Ty R]

Clam,
Yeah, that's a rumor that's been going around for a long time. It was confirmed to me that it was in fact caught in the sand ponds in Millville, not Menantico Lake in Vineland. Hence why the ponds are SOOOOO popular now (also the "new" ramp doesn't help either). Though I wouldn't doubt there are some big hawgs in the Lake because it is privately owned...

Species (in the ponds and adjacent Creek):
LM Bass (duh, of course), sunnies, pickerel, yellow & white perch, crappie, huge carp, catfish, stripers (in spring), herring, eels, tiger muskie (very limited; came from escapees from an old stocking in Union Lake), and walleye (from an old defunct stocking program in the 30's, I hear some are still around in the deepest parts though). A lot of fish come up from the Maurice, so you never really know what you're going to find in there.

[ 02-16-2005, 08:06 AM: Message edited by: Fly Ty R ]