First bass of 2006

grug · 02-07-06, 10:44 PM

I am so tickled to death I decided to try some pond bass fishing this past weekend and caught 2 nice fish, plus 2 pickeral that I have to share.. Never caught bass this early in season but warm Jan. here in NJ sure helps.

They hit a 3" Brewer's grub fished "do nothing style". Go out if you can you northern folks if the ice is out, they will bite.
Tight Lines!

lizardsrule · 02-08-06, 08:20 AM

Congrats, it's always nice catching fish, but especially the first of the year.

Lizards

JB · 02-08-06, 01:28 PM

WTG!

I should have gone out in Jan. when it was warm , now its winter again.

Wishing2BFishing · 02-08-06, 01:33 PM

Grug, way to "break the ice" with the first fish of the season. I haven't even purchased my PA and NJ fishing licenses yet.

bassintom · 02-08-06, 01:36 PM

grug,,i live over in washington boro...10 minutes from you..what pond was that?..i been catching bass and pickerel in the ponds off brass castle road in washington twp...up by the roaring rock restaurant...we gotta fish,i have a boat and always fish furnace lake or merrill creek...huck finn is another jersey guy on the other side of you.

lovinfishin9 · 02-08-06, 07:46 PM

I havent caught my first fish of this year, havent even got out yet. But the last bass i caught last year was in late dec. it was 2 lbs. It was almost this year lol.

grug · 02-08-06, 10:05 PM

Bassintom, those fish were over off RT 10 in Roxbury/Ledgewood area. 4-5 ponds that way that offer some good bass..

Never tried off brass castle road though..

Now its cold again and ice is forming on Budd Lake, probably be another week before I try to bass fish again..

Hey, there is always trout down the street..
Tight Lines

bassintom · 02-08-06, 11:36 PM

or zip over this way and we'll hit merl crik.
and stop in walmart on the way and buy every bait in their fishing dept....it's a tough bite right now...right huck?

1FASTLASER · 02-11-06, 06:06 AM

Welcome to the board grug. Nice catch there. When I lived in pa never got that lucky in jan. Always hard to throw a bait through 4 or 5 inches of ice.LOL

crankybait · 02-11-06, 08:39 AM

hey grug? whats up? snowing today in NJ... might hit my pond next week. congrats man!

02-07-06, 10:44 PM	#1
grug BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hackettstown, NJ Posts: 36	First bass of 2006 I am so tickled to death I decided to try some pond bass fishing this past weekend and caught 2 nice fish, plus 2 pickeral that I have to share.. Never caught bass this early in season but warm Jan. here in NJ sure helps. They hit a 3" Brewer's grub fished "do nothing style". Go out if you can you northern folks if the ice is out, they will bite. Tight Lines! Attached Images

02-08-06, 08:20 AM	#2
lizardsrule BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Saint Augustine, FL Posts: 7,374	Congrats, it's always nice catching fish, but especially the first of the year. Lizards __________________ There are three types of Snakes I hate 1. Live Snakes 2. Dead Snakes 3. Sticks that look like Snakes. And Gators too!

02-08-06, 01:36 PM	#5
bassintom BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: washington(northwest) N.J. Posts: 3,958	grug,,i live over in washington boro...10 minutes from you..what pond was that?..i been catching bass and pickerel in the ponds off brass castle road in washington twp...up by the roaring rock restaurant...we gotta fish,i have a boat and always fish furnace lake or merrill creek...huck finn is another jersey guy on the other side of you. __________________ A man's gotta believe in something...I believe I'll go fishing.

02-08-06, 07:46 PM	#6
lovinfishin9 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Middletown, VA Posts: 566	I havent caught my first fish of this year, havent even got out yet. But the last bass i caught last year was in late dec. it was 2 lbs. It was almost this year lol. __________________ Take your caviar and that fish that ain't cooked, take if off a cracker and throw it on a hook. :D :)

02-08-06, 11:36 PM	#8
bassintom BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: washington(northwest) N.J. Posts: 3,958	or zip over this way and we'll hit merl crik. and stop in walmart on the way and buy every bait in their fishing dept....it's a tough bite right now...right huck? __________________ A man's gotta believe in something...I believe I'll go fishing.

02-08-06, 01:28 PM	#3
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	WTG! I should have gone out in Jan. when it was warm , now its winter again.

02-08-06, 01:33 PM	#4
Wishing2BFishing BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Morgantown, Pa Posts: 1,254	Grug, way to "break the ice" with the first fish of the season. I haven't even purchased my PA and NJ fishing licenses yet.

02-08-06, 10:05 PM	#7
grug BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hackettstown, NJ Posts: 36	Bassintom, those fish were over off RT 10 in Roxbury/Ledgewood area. 4-5 ponds that way that offer some good bass.. Never tried off brass castle road though.. Now its cold again and ice is forming on Budd Lake, probably be another week before I try to bass fish again.. Hey, there is always trout down the street.. Tight Lines

02-11-06, 06:06 AM	#9
1FASTLASER BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: crossett,arkansas Posts: 2,777	Welcome to the board grug. Nice catch there. When I lived in pa never got that lucky in jan. Always hard to throw a bait through 4 or 5 inches of ice.LOL __________________ Laser's rule with Merc's doing the pushing..........KEEP THE WETSIDE DOWN AND THE DRY SIDE UP!!!!!!

02-11-06, 08:39 AM	#10
crankybait BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: marlboro, nj Posts: 3,250	hey grug? whats up? snowing today in NJ... might hit my pond next week. congrats man!

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