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went fishing today, rivers were muddy so i figured i would try it in the millstone for some catfish. and thats what i cought. I started off with a smallie .... first one ever that i cought in muddy water. Then i started catching catfish....mostly little yellow bullhead. I got one nice Channel catfish. After about 9:30 i started catching eels. Since i wasnt planning on going for stripers i figured i would call it quits for the night. All the fish were cought on night Crawlers on the bottom.
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Nice report, what time did you start fishing?
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i fished from about 4pm till about 10:30
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[unimpressed]where did you fish at?
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Sorry i havent looked at this post in a while. i fished in the section of river in manville. I would tell u down to the spot but..... that would make it easy good luck
Tim
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I also fish the rubble dam there , I do really good there
I caught a nice 10lb pike there , it tore my lure up though!
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r u sure it was a 10lb pike... they did release alot of muskie there a while ago.... i havent herd of anyone catching them though.... the only thing i could think of is that they went into the raritain. but im not sure.....
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go to nj fish and game website..............cliped........
northen pike have been stocked in either carnagie lake and millstone for many years here is last years totals (carnagie lake is millstone river for about a mile!)
Warm, Cool and Coldwater Fish Stocked from the Hackettstown Hatchery in 2006
Np = Northern pike Tm = Tiger muskie Mk = Muskellunge Wa = Walleye Hb = Hybrid striped bass
Lkt = Lake trout Chc = Channel catfish Lmb - Largemouth bass Bc = Black crappie
Bb = Brown bullhead Fhm = Fathead minnow Bs = Bluegill sunfish
Species Location # Fish #/Lb Total Lbs Avg L (") Range
Np Massachusetts Fish 8,581 92 93 3.7 3.2-4.1
Np Massachusetts Fish 5,400 45 120 4.7 4.2-5.1
Np Spruce Run Reservoir 6,450 22.5 287 6 5.1-6.8
Np Cranberry Lake 2,009 23.7 85 6 5.1-6.8
Np Farrington Lake 2,900 23 125 6 5.1-6.8
Np Millstone River 1,000 22 45 6 5.1-6.8
Np Pompton River 2,800 23.1 121 6 5.1-6.8
Np Passaic River 3,998 23.1 173 6 5.1-6.8
Np Pompton Lake 2,512 23 110 6 5.1-6.8
Np Budd Lake 2,070 20.6 101 6.1 5.1-6.8
Np Massachusetts Fish 5,500 20.7 266 6.1 5.1-6.8
Np Fingerlings 43,220 1,526
Np Total 43,220 1,526
Species Location #Fish #/Lb Total Lbs Avg L(") Rang
this has been going on for a long time , i have caught a lot of really good pike at farrington over 10 pounds thru the ice shhh do not tell anybody!!!! secret! please
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Hmmm interesting.... i know i saw them stocking them a few years ago when i was fishing i saw them dropping them off of the wilbersmith bridge.... they looked like what i thought were pike or muskie.... it could be possiable that there are some tiger muskie in there considering i have seen them in the raritain while fishing for smallies.... they would chase them up as i was reeling the smallies in.....
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yes Tiger Muskies were stocked in the carnagie lake part of the milstone river , I have caught 2 of them.
they were very fat from eating all the stunted crappie in the lake.
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They stocked muskies in 2005 in carnagie lake alsop here is the breakdown for muskie stocking in2005 clipped from the website
475 into carnagie that year - they will get HUGE eating crappie and I hope to catch a few trolling the lake soon!
[#ff0000]I am the only person I have seen on the lake trolling for muskie and northerns on this lake ..shh don't tell anyone please! [/#ff0000]
the lake is chocking with crappie all stunted! the fish will grow fast- ICE fishing has been my best -- there is even yellow perch in there along with the trout that swim in from the lawrence brook stockings, but they die off when it gets too warm... some of the pike and muskies are surly feasting on trout! BY the dingy bridge I have seen large fish chasing them!
[font "Arial"][size 2] [left]Species Location # Fish F/Lb Total[/left] [left]Lbs[/left] [left]Avg L(") Range[/left][/size][/font][font "Arial"][size 2] [left]Mk Cooper River Park Lake 300 3.6 83.3 10.1 9.2-11.0[/left] [left]Mk Mountain Lake 72 3.6 20 10.1 9.2-11.0[/left] [left]Mk Mountain Lake 186 5.3 35.1 10.4 8.4-12.3[/left] [left]Mk Mercer Lake 103 6.1 16.9 9.9 7.9-11.9[/left] [left]Mk Greenwood Lake 2,194 10.6 207.8 8.5 7.9-9.2[/left] [left]Mk Lake Hopatcong 1,300 12.9 100 7.7 7.2-8.8[/left] [left]Mk Manasquan Reservoir 1,440 12.9 112 7.7 7.2-8.8[/left] [left]Mk Deal Lake 320 12.9 25 7.7 7.2-8.8[/left] [left]Mk Shenandoah Lake 100 12.9 8 7.7 7.2-8.8[/left] [left]Mk Mercer Lake 450 10.5 42.9 8.5 7.9-9.2[/left] [left]Mk Carnegie Lake 475 10.5 45.2 8.5 7.9-9.2[/left]
Mk Mountain Lake 200 10 20 8.6 8.1[/size][/font]
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