The Fresh Water Fishing Blog

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I live close to the Mantua Creek in southern NJ and each year in early summer the carp would migrate up the creek from the Delaware river to spawn.
As a child and teenager, I lived right next [...]

After working some OT yesterday, I came home to my younger son asking to go fishing! So of course I was only too happy to oblige!
I decided that we would go to our local lake and try fishing there for a change – rather than going to the creek which is right around [...]

I like to think that I’m environmentally concscious. But this report I just read is making me re-think my favorite lure!
You can read the reort here:
Study: Soft plastic lures harm trout, salmon
I ocassionally lose a rubber worm in the water, but I’ll try everything I can to get it back. (I hate to lose lures!) [...]

It seems that wherever fishermen are, there will always be a debate as to which is better for consistently catching fish – lures or bait.
My brother and I used to fish together very frequently when we were younger. He was a bait fisherman much more so than I. We found a great little freshwater fishing [...]

The NSF (National Science Foundation) just released an article about how we freshwater fishermen are helping to spread viruses to amphibians! You can read it here:
Spring Fishing Season Arrives … And With It, Amphibian Diseases
I’m not sure about you, but I can safely say that I’m NOT helping to spread viruses to amphibians! I [...]