South Jersey Bass Fishing

[Canam13]

Friend and I are going up to Lake Mercer in central NJ Saturday and both of us have never fished it before. Anyone with any experience on the lake, that can lend some info and insight to the lake? I printed a Topo of the lake, so have some ideas, but any help with past experiences would be appreciated..

thanks!!!!

[fish devil]

I have fished there a few times.  Lake is almost featureless with very little cover.  I have caught bass on the few submerged wood we found.  Don't pass up the floating docks at the ramp.  I've seen a 5lber caught off there. Use wacky or texas rigged Senkos.  Mercer also has stocked muskie. 

 

The lake gets mobbed with scullers from Princeton University, so you might be limited in the areas to fish.

[jyu87]

As most of you may know - been fishing with Fish Devil in the club. Have been seeing a lot of slow days on the moving baits. I've even been having trouble on the senkos. Fish seem to be out in the open water still to get away from the heat and sun. Devil has been killing it lately - as you can see from his posts.

Looking to get out there this weekend to see what the fish are up to.

[Canam13]

I have fished there a few times.  Lake is almost featureless with very little cover.  I have caught bass on the few submerged wood we found.  Don't pass up the floating docks at the ramp.  I've seen a 5lber caught off there. Use wacky or texas rigged Senkos.  Mercer also has stocked muskie. 

 

The lake gets mobbed with scullers from Princeton University, so you might be limited in the areas to fish.

Thanks for the info Devil, much appreciated. Will let you know how we made out.

[jbw252]

Friend and I are going up to Lake Mercer in central NJ Saturday and both of us have never fished it before. Anyone with any experience on the lake, that can lend some info and insight to the lake? I printed a Topo of the lake, so have some ideas, but any help with past experiences would be appreciated..

thanks!!!!

Are you fishing from a boat?  As fish devil stated, the scullers have ruined the fishing there.  With all the scull boats, gas powered coach boats, and lane markers, it's not what it used to be.

[Canam13]

Are you fishing from a boat?  As fish devil stated, the scullers have ruined the fishing there.  With all the scull boats, gas powered coach boats, and lane markers, it's not what it used to be.

Yes from my buddies tracker. We might be changing up the spot for tomorrow, as he also read about all the traffic at Mercer. he was thinking about Mirror Lake or Davis mill pond.

Thanks for the info guys!

[fish devil]

Yes from my buddies tracker. We might be changing up the spot for tomorrow, as he also read about all the traffic at Mercer. he was thinking about Mirror Lake or Davis mill pond.

Thanks for the info guys!

Go to Davis MIll.  It's coming back strong after a few years of  suffering with LMB virus   Don't bother with mirror!!!

[Canam13]

My friends have decided on mirror lake. Any suggestions on where to start for the morning bite?

Thanks for info and Davis mill is next on the list, maybe Monday.

Have a great holiday weekend everyone!

[fish devil]

Jyu87 and I fished Bargaintown on windy and cloudy Saturday morning. Buzzbaits were the ticket first thing. I nailed some solid bass. 2-2.5 lbs Jason battled pickerel. The Senko bite was non-existant in the stump filled open water. We went back to the pad/grassy shallow areas where Jason ended up catching the best of the day at 3.46lbs. It was a long and skinny fish. Back to the open water. Texas rigged Senkos finally started producing. Jason also had some spinnerbait fish. We finished the morning with about 10 keeper bass and a few shorts plus a half dozen toothy critters.

[Canam13]

Go to Davis MIll.  It's coming back strong after a few years of  suffering with LMB virus   Don't bother with mirror!!!

We ended up going to Mirror with another pair of friends in another boat. Nice day on the water, our boat ended up with 8 fish in the boat(7LM/1 pickerel)most caught on 7" trick worms on laydowns. Nothing on the morning topwater Frog bite . All fish, except one were keepers, so all in all a good day at a new lake.

Looks like Devil and 87 had a nice day also, nice work

Davis mill and Bargaintown are on my list for the spring, wither out of my buds new 19tx tracker or my pelican 10e..... I think we are going to give Manasquan resv. a try this Monday.

Have a good week all!

[Penguino]

We ended up going to Mirror with another pair of friends in another boat. Nice day on the water, our boat ended up with 8 fish in the boat(7LM/1 pickerel)most caught on 7" trick worms on laydowns. Nothing on the morning topwater Frog bite . All fish, except one were keepers, so all in all a good day at a new lake.

Looks like Devil and 87 had a nice day also, nice work

Davis mill and Bargaintown are on my list for the spring, wither out of my buds new 19tx tracker or my pelican 10e..... I think we are going to give Manasquan resv. a try this Monday.

Have a good week all!

Davidson Mill Pond is really nice.. as long as you have a kayak or boat. Tons of bass under the cover, but shore line access is crap so not many people fish there. I live 5 minutes away lol.

[fish devil]

Davidson Mill Pond is really nice.. as long as you have a kayak or boat. Tons of bass under the cover, but shore line access is crap so not many people fish there. I live 5 minutes away lol.

 

Davis Mill is a different Pond.  It's located in Southern Cumberland County.

[fish devil]

Bargaintown Lake (SJ Hawg Hunters) 9/12

 

9 teams competed for 6 1/2 hours. Dead calm early, then a nice breeze through out the morning. Zeke and Jason(jyu87) finished in first with 10.37lbs. Jason's 4lb+ PB put them over the top. My team finished second for 9.59lbs. We had 5 bass with 2 1/2 hours remaining, but in the end we could not cull out the little 12 1/2" fish. Sean had the lunker at 5.69lbs. Most fish were caught on plastics, spinnerbaits and topwater. 


South Jersey Hawg Hunters
Date: 9/12/2015
Format: Five bass limit, 12 inch minimum.
Weather: Mixed sun & clouds, warm, calm. Later - breezy.

Top 3....:

1. Zellman/Yu Team (Zeke Zellman & Jason Yu)
Total Bass/Weight = 5 / 10.37 lbs Points = 19

2. F.Lentz/Nemeth Team (Fred Lentz & Joe Nemeth)
Total Bass/Weight = 5 / 9.59 lbs Points = 14

3. S.Summers/L.Summers Team (Sean Summers & Adam Satanoff)
Total Bass/Weight = 3 / 8.55 lbs Points = 15

 

 

[jyu87]

Twas a good day - pickerel were strong in the AM - I repeated a catch of 3 just like last week until I caught my first bass.

 

Good Pics FD!

[jyu87]

I don't know why but I am having a hard time believing this is a LMB. It was caught in a small pond with a depth of around 4-6 feet. I've never seen a pattern like this on a greenie.

Anyone have any insight. Some type of hybrid? Has a small mouth color pattern.

[NJSalt]

Looks like a smallie to me? am I missing something?

[jyu87]

I just cannot believe there would be one in this little pond. Features aren't as distinct as for example the fish you're holding in your profile picture.

[Catch 22]

That is definitely a small mouth bass.

[fish devil]

I just cannot believe there would be one in this little pond. Features aren't as distinct as for example the fish you're holding in your profile picture.

It's a smallie J.  Remember I was telling you they were showing up everywhere in SJ waters.  People were taking them out of Lake Audrey by the hundreds and dumping the fish in every body of water.

[jyu87]

Yeah - I found out the other day it was being stocked and poured into their. A shame because I did get kicked out by some grump.

Had to get the itch out. FD - it's going to be a dicey classic. Lol.

[fish devil]

Final Standings for 2015.  My partner and I led from day 1. We also finished first in our 2 day Classic event.  Off to the Susquehana Flats this Sunday.  Launching from Anchor Marina. Top three teams from each club compete.  33 teams/boats total. 

 

 

(FINAL - As of Hawg Hunters Classic Tourney)

Place Team POINTS Tourneys Wins Total Bass Total Weight

1. Fred Lentz/Joe Nemeth + % 219 18 7 68                  117.13

2. Bill Duckardt/Orie Summers + % 162 14 2 61                 96.22

3. Zeke Zellman/Jason Yu + % 147 17 4 49                       77.50

4. Sean Summers/Larry Summers + 105 18 1 37               62.90

5. Dave Lloyd/Mario Circone + 82 15 . 31                           46.58

6. Jim Miller/Andrew White + 69 12 . 24                              42.72

7. Scott Bowen/Pat Bowen + 68 12 1 29                             41.63

8. Chris Oeser/Ken Merlock Sr + 60 11 2 18                       33.35

8. Al Franchetta/Jenn Stubbins + 60 18 . 25                        36.02

10. Dennis Snyder/Greg Lentz + 54 16 . 27                       38.29

11. Rod Blomdahl/Kelly Blomdahl % 17 1 1 5                      5.92

12. Pat Childs/Evan Childs % 8 3 . 3                                    5.21

G Wade Schoonover/Zach Schoonover% - 2 . 5                  8.42  

 

+ = qualified to participate in Hawg Hunters Classic (10 tourneys) % = cannot qualify for Hawg Hunters Classic @ = earned spot on Bass Bowl team

[fish devil]

Anyone get out lately???  I'm hitting Rainbow lake tomorrow morning.

[NJSalt]

Got a good one yesterday on the 6" Magdraft. Love the feeling of a big angry fish knocking a foot or two of slack in the line.

 

[fish devil]

Nice job, NJ Salt.  I hit Mary Elmer instead of Rainbow yesterday.  Caught seven largies.  A few on wacky rig Senkos and the rest on a SK Redeye lipless crank.   All fish were 2lbs +.  Lost a 3.5-4lber at the boat.

[fish devil]

5.17lb largie from Parvin State Park this morning.  1/2oz  Booyah jig w/ Zoom chunk.