Bought another container of 30 red worms at Walmart for $3.76, then went ultralight jigging in 44 degrees Central Jersey lake this afternoon on a cold, sunny day with a light southwest wind. Air temp was only 42 degrees. Saw > 20 fishermen catch and release perch and crappies while ultralight jigging small lures. I caught and released 37 white perch including 3 doubles, 2 yellow perch and a brown bullhead with Walmart red worm halves on 2 gold hooks and a 1/16 oz unpainted leadhead jig on 4 lb test line. Landed the catfish on my last cast of the night. Fish were swirling. Landed 203 fish in 5 NJ freshwater fishing trips this year. Cold weather fishing is torture, not fun.
Gordon
Loc: Charleston South Carolina
NJ219bands wrote:
Bought another container of 30 red worms at Walmart for $3.76, then went ultralight jigging in 44 degrees Central Jersey lake this afternoon on a cold, sunny day with a light southwest wind. Air temp was only 42 degrees. Saw > 20 fishermen catch and release perch and crappies while ultralight jigging small lures. I caught and released 37 white perch including 3 doubles, 2 yellow perch and a brown bullhead with Walmart red worm halves on 2 gold hooks and a 1/16 oz unpainted leadhead jig on 4 lb test line. Landed the catfish on my last cast of the night. Fish were swirling. Landed 203 fish in 5 NJ freshwater fishing trips this year. Cold weather fishing is torture, not fun.
Bought another container of 30 red worms at Walmar... (
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Nice mess of fish Bands. Are those red worms live? Looked up wal mart here and you have to order them.
Gordon wrote:
Nice mess of fish Bands. Are those red worms live? Looked up wal mart here and you have to order them.
Yes, they are in a refrigerator in Sporting Goods.
NJ219bands wrote:
Bought another container of 30 red worms at Walmart for $3.76, then went ultralight jigging in 44 degrees Central Jersey lake this afternoon on a cold, sunny day with a light southwest wind. Air temp was only 42 degrees. Saw > 20 fishermen catch and release perch and crappies while ultralight jigging small lures. I caught and released 37 white perch including 3 doubles, 2 yellow perch and a brown bullhead with Walmart red worm halves on 2 gold hooks and a 1/16 oz unpainted leadhead jig on 4 lb test line. Landed the catfish on my last cast of the night. Fish were swirling. Landed 203 fish in 5 NJ freshwater fishing trips this year. Cold weather fishing is torture, not fun.
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I sure could use some of that cold weather torture about now.
NJ219bands wrote:
Bought another container of 30 red worms at Walmart for $3.76, then went ultralight jigging in 44 degrees Central Jersey lake this afternoon on a cold, sunny day with a light southwest wind. Air temp was only 42 degrees. Saw > 20 fishermen catch and release perch and crappies while ultralight jigging small lures. I caught and released 37 white perch including 3 doubles, 2 yellow perch and a brown bullhead with Walmart red worm halves on 2 gold hooks and a 1/16 oz unpainted leadhead jig on 4 lb test line. Landed the catfish on my last cast of the night. Fish were swirling. Landed 203 fish in 5 NJ freshwater fishing trips this year. Cold weather fishing is torture, not fun.
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You have a great fishing spot and know how to catch fish in cold weather, now if the carp would just begin biting
Davidsherman wrote:
Great news. Which lake?
The lake with 20 other fishermen lined up shoulder to shoulder who come over and fish next to you after you catch a fish.
ranger632 wrote:
You have a great fishing spot and know how to catch fish in cold weather, now if the carp would just begin biting
I caught carp in the warm water discharge of a power plant all winter long until the plant was closed a few years ago. Now I don’t fish for carp until the end of April.
NJ219bands wrote:
The lake with 20 other fishermen lined up shoulder to shoulder who come over and fish next to you after you catch a fish.
Know the feeling, group of people out here you start catching and they move right in, I keep my special spots to myself
Why share your info if you don’t share where it is.
Davidsherman wrote:
Why share your info if you don’t share where it is.
Spot jumpers make it impossible to catch fish. The best fishing is where there are no people. Crowded fishing is not good. It’s a miracle that nobody took over my spot yet. After I am forced out of my spot by intruders, I usually stop catching fish. Some modern fishermen have no respect for other fishermen.
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