questionfear Posted June 19, 2017 Posted June 19, 2017 Newbie here, we live in Somerset County so fairly central NJ. I've been taking my son (4yo) fishing at the D&R Canal and Round Valley, but I want to make sure we're changing things up a bit to keep him engaged...any tips or places would be great! Also, I feel a little sad that NJ doesn't seem to get much love...the D&R Canal is fantastic, and I've had a ton of luck catching sunnies (and one very scary looking chain pickerel that ran off with my lure), though my son is absolutely dying for me to catch a bass! Quote
scatterbrains Posted June 20, 2017 Posted June 20, 2017 hillsborough NJ- Annvan middles worth park Hunterdon county exit 12 rt78- Hoffman Park Franklin twsp- colonial park Raritain boro-The canal meets the river by the basilone statue fish the canal by bridge and along the trail Feel free to PM me and i can take you to my good spots at Hoffman park Quote
questionfear Posted June 21, 2017 Author Posted June 21, 2017 Awesome! We've been to Ann Van Middlesworth park, I forgot about that! Googling Hoffman park now... Do you know anything about Baldwin Wildlife Management area in Pennington? Quote
scatterbrains Posted June 22, 2017 Posted June 22, 2017 I don't actually, but I'll have to check that out lol. Quote
questionfear Posted June 22, 2017 Author Posted June 22, 2017 16 hours ago, scatterbrains said: I don't actually, but I'll have to check that out lol. I might have the chance to check it out next week, if I do I will let you know how it goes! Quote
scatterbrains Posted June 24, 2017 Posted June 24, 2017 Don't waste your time with Baldwin, went there today it's a landlocked wma. No public Access that we could find short of walking through someone's backyard. But we did check out Rosedale park up the road, great place I plan to drop the yak in there and try it. Quote
questionfear Posted June 28, 2017 Author Posted June 28, 2017 On 6/24/2017 at 3:41 PM, scatterbrains said: Don't waste your time with Baldwin, went there today it's a landlocked wma. No public Access that we could find short of walking through someone's backyard. But we did check out Rosedale park up the road, great place I plan to drop the yak in there and try it. Glad we didn't head there. We tried Rosedale on Monday, very pretty but we got skunked (and the the anglers near us did too, only one guy in the area caught a small bluegill-not sure if it was a bad day or just too muddy). I did talk to one guy who told me that normally there's tons of fish in Rosedale and that he's caught some good size bass and trout, and my guess is you'll have more luck heading out on the water away from the bank. Also fished Stony Brook Watershed (Research Pond)-caught a decent sized bluegill. Again, was really muddy and weedy but would probably do better on a clearer day. IIRC that place is catch and release only. I also went out on my own one night and fished Sylvan Lake at Skillman Park. It could be that it was just dark but I had a hard time getting down to the water, had to bushwack a bit. Caught 4 bluegills in about 45 minutes, and wish I could have gone back when it was lighter out to try for more fish. Quote
scatterbrains Posted June 29, 2017 Posted June 29, 2017 well good research anyhow lol, if you want we can meet up one day ill take you guys to my cant fail pond. Always catch fish there bass sunnies and huge bluegills. Quote
questionfear Posted June 29, 2017 Author Posted June 29, 2017 Sounds good, will definitely PM you soon! Quote
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