Fishing before the storm
New Jersey Fishing
Jan 25, 2023 21:22:54 #
Grizzly 17 wrote:
NJ I know the feeling with game wardens. I have no record. I've been checked numerous times. Tell ones that go with me they better be legal.Got checked 3 times on same lake. Nobody else in the club got checked. If I saw them come n heard them throttle down I knew it was me.First trip to Chesapeake bay I got checked in a couple hrs. Maybe the fact that my hair touched my belt back then they figured drugs. WRONG 👍
That may be it. I have long hair and a beard.
Jan 25, 2023 21:29:37 #
Grizzly 17 wrote:
NJ I know the feeling with game wardens. I have no record. I've been checked numerous times. Tell ones that go with me they better be legal.Got checked 3 times on same lake. Nobody else in the club got checked. If I saw them come n heard them throttle down I knew it was me.First trip to Chesapeake bay I got checked in a couple hrs. Maybe the fact that my hair touched my belt back then they figured drugs. WRONG 👍
You just have that guilty look Grizzly
Jan 25, 2023 21:31:08 #
NJ219bands wrote:
Went ultralight jigging earlier than usual today a... (show quote)
You sure have a great spot there, hope some people don't fish it out
Jan 25, 2023 22:41:55 #
ranger632 wrote:
You sure have a great spot there, hope some people don't fish it out
I thought that it was already fished out after catching nothing on my first two trips using Gulp minnows. Three carloads of fishermen from NY, 6 unemployed landscapers and a lot of other fishermen who keep fish are there every day. I’ll keep fishing there as long as I catch fish and there isn’t another freeze up. After the cormorants arrive in March, the fish stop biting there. I counted as many as 85 cormorants in that spot. After the water temp reaches 60 degrees, I’ll try other spots with ultralight jigging. I have no trout spots.
Jan 25, 2023 22:47:39 #
NJ219bands wrote:
I thought that it was already fished out after cat... (show quote)
Thanks for the information
Jan 26, 2023 01:50:58 #
NJ219bands wrote:
I thought that it was already fished out after cat... (show quote)
Cool you know the seasonal deal. You can press charges for harassment but then it would be worse. Yeah they don't want to put someone in jail that will get out and burn their house down. Limburger cheese in their air intake by the windshield would a nice return the favor but all the cameras these days make it hard.
I Put limburger cheese on an intake manifold on a jerk's truck then a buddy bummed a ride home that day and ended up puking.
Jan 26, 2023 09:40:30 #
I never thought of New Jersey as a fishing destination but your post are making me rethink that ideal
Jan 26, 2023 14:24:13 #
Papa Jack wrote:
I never thought of New Jersey as a fishing destination but your post are making me rethink that ideal
Jan 26, 2023 15:18:32 #
NJ219bands wrote:
I am a magnet for law enforcement people. Last year the NJ Park police came after me 3 times. The same municipal police sergeant came after me 5 times. A game warden checked my credentials 7 times in the same spot in one year. A park ranger came over to my spot three times in one year. I fish or hunt nearly every day in NJ public areas and get accosted by law enforcement officers 👮♀️ way too much.
Sounds like the Officers 👮♀️ enjoy your company bands!
Over the past 20 years, (presumably due to budget cuts), I have seen fewer & fewer game wardens up here in northern Jersey, must be more concentrated by you.
Although I try to fish more rural/secluded spots, sometimes I hit the parks up this way, but still they rarely patrol & just stay in parking lots or the office.
Years back, we would always encounter them while fishing the springtime Shad run on the Big D. Not so much anymore.
I do appreciate it when I see them doing their patrols, license checks & creel counts.
Jan 26, 2023 20:23:23 #
Papa Jack wrote:
I never thought of New Jersey as a fishing destination but your post are making me rethink that ideal
I caught nothing today. Fishing in a flood is not good.
Jan 26, 2023 20:28:33 #
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Jan 27, 2023 15:02:09 #
Waterlou wrote:
Canada Geese. They're not Canadian.
Thanks for the correction, Waterlou.
I guess that makes me a Cannucklehead, EH?
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