An awful lot of black dots

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An awful lot of black dots

Post by 46er » Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:05 pm

Probably be a lot more tomorrow.

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Re: An awful lot of black dots

Post by Rusty Spinner » Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:59 am

Later this week will be bad yet again.....just in time for the opener on Saturday.
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Re: An awful lot of black dots

Post by 46er » Tue Apr 02, 2024 7:10 am

Yep, almost 3 inches forecast for my location over the next 2 days. The same for the NW part of the state. :shock:

The Toms has been rippin.

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Re: An awful lot of black dots

Post by Drossi » Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:13 am

Get the diamond sinkers and leadheads ready for Saturday's opener! Mother nature is a raging again. Nice of her to help float stock. :D
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Re: An awful lot of black dots

Post by 46er » Wed Apr 03, 2024 3:01 pm

The Toms is running at 523 fps, increasing at 7 fps an hour and it will be raining until Friday. The trout will wind up in Barnegat Bay.
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Re: An awful lot of black dots

Post by Bubba Zinetti » Thu Apr 04, 2024 10:27 am

Maybe the rain will cut down on opening day crowds. Nah.

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Re: An awful lot of black dots

Post by MaCe1 » Thu Apr 04, 2024 12:26 pm

Ugh. I go to Verona Lake opening day every year since I moved to town as tradition. It's the only time I bait fish for trout. Usually I head to a stream later in the day, maybe I'll just stay at the lake.

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Re: An awful lot of black dots

Post by PortMurrayAng » Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:07 am

When do you wade and feel safe on the main TCAs?

I'd say:
Pequest 350 cfs

SBR 300 cfs

Musky 400 cfs

Good luck to those heading out!

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Re: An awful lot of black dots

Post by MaCe1 » Fri Apr 05, 2024 12:07 pm

You are more confident wading than me, I say

Pequest 300 cfs

SBR 250 cfs

Musky 350 cfs

Plus fishing is way more difficult for me at those levels.

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Re: An awful lot of black dots

Post by Johnw » Fri Apr 05, 2024 2:11 pm

Toms. 250 cfs. Currently 976 cfs

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Re: An awful lot of black dots

Post by 46er » Fri Apr 05, 2024 11:01 pm

All time high for the Toms today. A lot of them on the map.
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Re: An awful lot of black dots

Post by barkeater » Sat Apr 06, 2024 12:28 pm

Just checked out he Manasquan to see how the stringer brigade was doing. Only one car in the parking lot where usually on opening day the parking lot would be overflowing.

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Re: An awful lot of black dots

Post by Johnw » Sat Apr 06, 2024 3:28 pm

Fished a local pond this morning and watched an Osprey steal a fish that an angler was playing. Unable to free the fish from the Osprey, the angler cut the line and the bird left with the fish, some line and a bobber. Unfortunatly I don' t think it's going to work out well for the Osprey.

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Re: An awful lot of black dots

Post by Rusty Spinner » Sat Apr 13, 2024 12:58 pm

46er wrote:
Fri Apr 05, 2024 11:01 pm
All time high for the Toms today. A lot of them on the map.
It wasn't even close to an all time high just so you know. In fact, there were two higher flow events on the Toms this year alone (Jan. and early March) let alone others over the years.
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Re: An awful lot of black dots

Post by 46er » Sat Apr 13, 2024 2:48 pm

All time high for that day, 4/5, Rusty.
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Re: An awful lot of black dots

Post by Rusty Spinner » Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:45 am

46er wrote:
Sat Apr 13, 2024 2:48 pm
All time high for that day, 4/5, Rusty.
Yes, that makes sense.
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