JeffNJ

What exactly do you mean by swampy? Like an actual boggy area or something like a cedar lake with shallow water and a mess of weeds? Im in oean county so we dont exactly have actual swamps in this area for the most part. However, i stay away from cedar stained water because i find that this type of water dosent hold much if any bass because of the high acidity. If you did find a good bassin spot in cedar water id say you are lucky. Seeing as your favorite lake says allentown im assumung youre from that area so id figure you dont have much in the way of cedar water up that way.

This isnt a night fishing story but i wanted to share also. I fish out of my kayak a couple days a week in shallow lakes(jersey dosent really have deep lakes) around the jersey shore/central nj area. This one time i was out midday sometime last month. I was driftng into an area i was casting to when all of a sudden my kayak spooked something under th water. All i saw were two light pink flippers that were easily almost 2 feet long each flash under my kayak and flee away. Now ive seen just about everything in the water in my area along with sewer plate sized turtles. But, this was difintely weird and honestly scared me for a couple mins because things in jersey dont typically get that large or pink in freshwater. Also, its not like i was in a large lake boat but rather a 8'3 kayak. BOOGA BOOGA BOOGA!