tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33177082011-04-21T14:12:16.749-07:00A collection of comments and thoughts about bass fishing, especially in New Jersey.NJFishRGuynoreply@blogger.comBlogger211100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3317708.post-47490650403692459822008-06-15T17:25:00.000-07:002008-06-15T18:18:17.089-07:00

Well, between having to relocate my web site to 110MB.com due to the mysterious demise of my previous free hosting service and a business trip to Germany, I haven't done much posting here. (My new web site address is http://njfishrguy.110mb.com.)Things have picked up since my four skunked outings followed by my one keeper fish at Cranberry Lake on April 19. On April 26, we visited the southern

NJFishRGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3317708.post-25418119551334003622008-04-21T03:28:00.000-07:002008-04-21T03:42:10.204-07:00

I fished Cranberry Lake with Danny and Nicky (we fish together a lot) on April 19. I was coming in with a terrible skunk; I hadn't caught any fish in the previous four outings.The plan had been to go to Pompton Lakes, one of my favorite places. But while I was away on a business trip, Nicky had said he preferred Cranberry, and I went along with the choice.The bass fishing was tough. Though the

NJFishRGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3317708.post-55353523179002212162008-04-14T04:09:00.001-07:002008-04-14T04:28:18.422-07:00

Talk about frustration! I've now gone four fishing outings without catching a bass (or anything, for that matter!) I took Thursday, April 10 off from work and went fishing at Farrington Lake with buddy Rick. If you know Farrington, you know that when it's really cold or really hot, the fish are on wood. There's no grass except lily pads so no where else for them to hide. And the most

NJFishRGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3317708.post-30086349384497949582008-04-06T16:28:00.000-07:002008-04-06T16:54:03.181-07:00

Well, the 2008 fishing year has begun! March 22 was my first outing at Farrington Lake with fishing buddy Nicky. It was COLD, windy and a tough bite. In spite of everything, Nicky managed to catch three nice bass ranging from 15 1/2 to 17 inches, all on a jig. I finally caught one, 15", on the way back to the ramp. All four bass were on wood, which is a typical Farrington Lake pattern

NJFishRGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3317708.post-72973347139219732782007-10-14T14:58:00.000-07:002008-11-13T13:24:10.647-08:00

Well, it's been a busy month. I fished Aeroflex Lake, Stone Tavern, Farrington Lake, and Furnace Lake.It rained for 2-3 hours in spite of the weather forecast while I was on Aeroflex with a couple of fishing buddies. I finally managed a 17 1/2 inch bass on a red shad worm sometime after noon.Stone Tavern should have been a good day, but it got off to a bad start. I made the stupendously stupid

NJFishRGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3317708.post-46404790749700966982007-09-14T13:08:00.000-07:002007-09-14T14:13:20.110-07:00

Wow! Again I've done a terrible job of not maintaining my blog! The point of blogs is to update them regularly, so I hope I don't get a visit from the blog police!So, last year I lost a lot of fishing time due to business travel to Europe. I would generally leave on a Saturday, so I lost two weekend days each time I went, which I rarely got back as comp time. For those of you who think that

NJFishRGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3317708.post-92212181664926359232006-12-24T20:01:00.000-08:002007-01-02T13:19:23.407-08:00

Merry Christmas!It's Christmas Eve, and here's my Christmas gift for you.'Twas the Night Before Christmas (Bassin' Style)'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house,Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.The stockings were hung by the chimney with mono,In hopes that Saint Nicholas would be here pronto. The children were nestled all snug in their beds,While visions of video

NJFishRGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3317708.post-1163389842266668232006-11-12T17:50:00.000-08:002006-11-12T19:50:43.130-08:00

Wow, I've done a stupendously bad job of updating my blog! Nothing since May... so let me bring you up to date.Work has kept me from a lot of fishing this year, so I've done less than I would have liked. Here are the highlights.I fished Wawayanda Lake in early June, catching and releasing seven (7) decent bass, all on a green pumpkin Zoom Speed Worm.Then the week of June 18, I traveled up to

NJFishRGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3317708.post-1148938742071644802006-05-29T13:53:00.000-07:002006-05-29T14:39:02.113-07:00

Well, I can see I've done a terrible job of keeping my Blog up since February. Let's see...My first outing was on March 26 on the back of my buddy Nicky's boat. My boat was still awaiting delivery of my batteries that I had ordered for use with my new 80 pound trolling motor. I managed to catch one 15" bass with Nicky.Then Danny, Nicky and I fished Weston Mills Pond on April 8. I missed a

NJFishRGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3317708.post-1140387878826757622006-02-19T14:11:00.000-08:002006-02-19T14:24:39.813-08:00

Haven't been fishing since before Christmas and I'm getting really antsy. I am in the process of changing trolling motors on my Tracker, since I ran the batteries down a couple of times last season. Off with the 12 volt, 43 pound Motorguide, and on with the 24 volt, 80 pound Minn Kota Maxxum Pro! I have it mounted and wired; I just need to reconnect the depth finder sensor (and make sure that

NJFishRGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3317708.post-1131318095696513402005-11-06T18:01:00.000-08:002005-11-06T15:01:35.706-08:00

Hit Manasquan Reservoir on November 5, 2005, with fishing buddies Nicky and Rick. When I caught a largemouth very early on the same crankbait, in the same spot, at the same depth as I did at the same time last year, I thought they were on the same pattern and I hoped I'd have the same kind of day. (A few ounces under 14 pounds; Nicky has nicknamed it "The Miracle on Manasquan"!) But it wasn't

NJFishRGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3317708.post-1130639392636310842005-10-29T22:22:00.000-07:002005-10-29T19:29:52.646-07:00

I fished the Hudson River up by Catskill on Friday, October 28 with fishing buddy Rob. It was a beautiful morning but cold. The water temp was 46 when we first launched around 8:00 AM (had to stop at Wal-Mart and get NY licenses to fish the creeks first; fortunately, they run from October 1 to September 30 of the next year). I can't seem to get the hang of fishing tidal water, except that

NJFishRGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3317708.post-1130242062737369852005-10-25T08:00:00.000-07:002005-10-25T05:07:42.763-07:00

Fished Farrington Lake this past Sunday. Got there around 6:45 AM and met up with fishing buddy Danny. I threw spider grubs, drop shots, Senkos, hard jerkbaits, spinnerbaits and crankbaits, but the bass would only take crankbaits running in 4 feet of water or less. All the lures that worked were firetiger or a yellow-brown color. I ended up with only one keeper 15" long and two dinks, plus a

NJFishRGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3317708.post-1128467891605154362005-09-30T16:13:00.000-07:002005-10-04T16:18:11.610-07:00

Fished Greenwood Lake on Friday. We arrived late (11:00 AM) and went right to work. Unfortunately, the fish were just not biting. I caught a dink on a drop shot, and a perch on a crankbait, but that was it. My fishing buddy Rob caught a couple of dinks and a rock bass. We went to all the hot spots but no luck. We threw drop shots, spider grubs, crankbaits, jigs, and weighted Senkos but to

NJFishRGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3317708.post-1128008672155443282005-09-29T11:44:00.000-07:002005-09-29T08:44:32.160-07:00

I'm on vacation this week and have been fishing twice on Farrington Lake, Monday and Wednesday. I met up with Rick, a friend I had made by email when he contacted me after seeing my site, but had never met. On Monday, we went south and fishing was tough. The wind kicked up, but the bass didn't turn on in spite of the approaching cold front. I finally caught one (17 inches) on a 4 inch Senko

NJFishRGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3317708.post-1126968556429191822005-09-17T10:40:00.000-07:002005-09-17T07:54:44.370-07:00

Well, it's a Saturday and I decided to take a day off from fishing. It's humid as all get out, and I haven't been fishing well lately, and I worked my ass off all week, AND I have to spend next week in North Carolina on business. So I decided to take it easy and get some extra Zs. I'm waiting for the bass to move to the Fall pattern but that doesn't seem to have happened yet. The bass really put

NJFishRGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3317708.post-1125193057452140502005-08-27T18:31:00.000-07:002005-08-28T14:57:49.810-07:00

Had a little tournament today on Farrington Lake with a couple of fishing friends, Danny and Nicky. Fished 4:15 AM (that is in the early morning, people) to 4:00 PM and managed only one keeper bass. Dan and Nicky were each culling (meaning that they caught over 5 bass and released the smallest ones, since you're only allowed to have 5 at a time). So now I'm royally pissed at doing so poorly and

NJFishRGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3317708.post-1125003964911611472005-08-25T13:59:00.000-07:002005-08-25T14:06:04.916-07:00

Fishing buddy Danny is on Farrington Lake today with his friend John. At last count, he had 15 bass and John had 7, all on Senkos. What a difference from last week! The temperature dropped (it was 58 when I got up this morning) and the fish turned ON! The bad news is I'm stuck working while others are fishing. Why do I feel like I live to fish? A lot of people are working. I think it's

NJFishRGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3317708.post-1124808253187458542005-08-23T07:37:00.000-07:002005-08-23T07:44:13.193-07:00

I had ordered about $75 worth of Bass Stalker jigs, rattles and some Zoom trailers from Angler's Paradise on July 31, but they backordered part of my order. A few days ago I emailed a follow up, and got an email back saying that they would be shipping in about a week. So... 4 weeks to order stuff from Angler's Paradise. I think in the future I'll only order what they have in stock. Bass Pro

NJFishRGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3317708.post-1124764562046449142005-08-22T22:24:00.000-07:002005-08-22T19:47:12.430-07:00

I managed to go fishing twice this week. On Thursday I fished with buddy Rob on my boat at Farrington Lake. The weather was perfect for frogging, and that's what we threw all day. My sore arm can attest to it. Rob caught one bass on a frog (2 lbs 9 oz) and I caught one on a Zoom Horny Toad (2 lbs 1 oz). Not a lot to show for 6 1/2 hours of fishing. They should have been KILLING the frog, but not

NJFishRGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3317708.post-105311732002-03-08T10:55:00.000-08:002002-03-08T10:55:24.496-08:00

My buddies are out fishing today, and I'm stuck at work. They are CATCHING FISH, and I am NOT. This is bad and must be rectified tomorrow, which, thankfully, is Saturday.

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