crappies in new jersey

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Originally Posted by GCD

Being from a place called "Ocean County" most folks would figure you'd be more interested in saltwater fishing... or are the not any saltwater fish left in the ocean up there for some reason???

I would walk over a dozen 12" crappie for 2 good 10" Northern Puffers!!!... a "Y" shaped piece of cartlige and no bones! Be careful how you clean them though, they can kill you if you do it wrong!

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saltwater is the big game out here.. but its not much of a challenge.. in fact there's a nuclear power plant local that warms up the water and you can catch anything from blowfish, striper, weakfish, blues, ... the list goes on.. and its literally like pulling them out of a bucket.. everyone has boats too, but being between seaside and long beach island here.. there's a lot of tourism on the boats..

i'm really not much of a follower.. i enjoy freshwater fishing much more.

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Originally Posted by GCD

Being from a place called "Ocean County" most folks would figure you'd be more interested in saltwater fishing... or are the not any saltwater fish left in the ocean up there for some reason???

I would walk over a dozen 12" crappie for 2 good 10" Northern Puffers!!!... a "Y" shaped piece of cartlige and no bones! Be careful how you clean them though, they can kill you if you do it wrong!

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Are you referring to 'Blowfish'? If so, GREAT EATING!!! Haven't caught any this year, however, several years ago while fishing at Cape Cod, Mass., I caught many! Don't know what happened to them, as I've already been fishing at Hyannis and haven't seen nor heard of anyone catching em (caught plenty of Seabass and Porgies with a 2 Blackfish aka Tautog). Weather has been so erratic, I decided to hit the Saltwater instead of the lake :mad:

As for Jersey... what part of Jersey? I've been to a lake called 'Farrington' (not to far off Rte 18 - East Brunswick). Nice crappie fishing there.

wow I used to camp at Farrington Dam when I was a kid, (back in the early 60s)
used to catch trout there fly fishing. the lake above surly has crappie.
lived in Highland park

its always good to find newer places to try

downer is there really crappie in jersey put some pics if you can of your crappie spots thanks

I've heard there are nice fish in some of the waters at Fort Dix? T/F?

Crappie in Jersey???i sure never left anything at ft dix.........coldest i've ever been.

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Originally Posted by crappie dober

downer is there really crappie in jersey put some pics if you can of your crappie spots thanks

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there sure are crappies here!me and downer go fishing together often.the lakes here aren't as good as bigger,clearer,deeper lakes in other states.i haven't fished in every lake here tho.there are some good ones.anyways here is some pics of keeper size crappie for nj at pemberton lake with me holdin one of em

may21 | Facebook there was a blitz that day at the lake.the crappies started goin crazy smashin baitfish at the surface kind of like bluefish or stripers in the ocean :D was so sweet.

hackettstown nj here and the crappies are a bittin

wow thats way up north and west from me!im sure itchin to get out and don't have a ride anywhere