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Kingennie return provides some testing encounters
IT'S been some time since I last visited Forbes of Kingennie in Dundee and what a transformation - it has been turned into a complete fishing village. Apart from the specimen pond, my own personal favourite, there are several other ponds which include game and coarse angling. Although by no means big, the specimen pond can be quite a testing casting experience for the less able of anglers but cooler conditions and clear water have made the trout start to chase the odd lure once again. .
Fly fishing smallies in the fading summer
It's unbelievable how some years are dominated by certain types of fishing. Some years the surf is hot for stripers or blues. Some years trout fishing is hot in the streams. This year the hottest fishery going in freshwater is the smallmouth fishing in the rivers and streams throughout New Jersey. While most fly fishermen consider fishing for trout the ultimate sport, one day with a good dose of bronzeback with a buggy whip just might make them think twice. If I had to pick one fish that was my all-time favorite to catch, Ol' Mr. Bronzeback would be at the top of the list. Pound-for-pound, inch-for-inch, there is no better fighting fish to be found in the sweet water. While smallies are found both in the still waters of a lake or reservoir, they especially are feisty when they are found in the current environment of a river or large stream.
Mother Nature joins fight to control Rapid bass
For the past several years the number of bass in the Rapid River has been growing, troubling anglers who seek this world-class trout and salmon fishery near Farmington. Efforts this spring to disrupt the fish from spawning using a first-time study failed, said state fisheries biologist Forrest Bonney. But Mother Nature created an experiment all her own that may provide data that would help biologists get a handle on how to control these predatory pests. "One of the things about bass they don't react well in (high) water levels before spawning and during spawning and after spawning," said Jeff Reardon, Trout Unlimited New England director. "I don't think anything in this year's result discouraged us. It confirmed what we already know: Bass are really sensitive.
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