Who's fishing this weekend ?

[toofast928]

Yea I was out yesterday and today. Both good days but makes me start thinking I need 200 hp.

[bgreene]

Originally Posted by toofast928

Yea I was out yesterday and today. Both good days but makes me start thinking I need 200 hp.

What makes you think you'll catch more fish with 200 hp ? :)

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by bgreene

What makes you think you'll catch more fish with 200 hp ? :)

Probably by being able to get out there and back quicker.

[steplift20]

I keep my boat in my driveway but I use the Atlantic highlands ramp
There is no name on my boat but it's the best one there of course lol

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by steplift20

I keep my boat in my driveway but I use the Atlantic highlands ramp
There is no name on my boat but it's the best one there of course lol

Of course.

I used to use the Highlands ramp. Nice wide, shallow entry. Great ramp. I also used to use the Leonardo State marina ramp. Only 2 truck wide, short steep entry and easy to put the wheels off the end.

Now I use the free ramp in Laurel Hill park in Secaucus, NJ.
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourcei...20new%20jersey
Launch into the Hackensack, 21 mile boat ride downriver to the Hudson River, under the Varrazzano-narrows bridge and out into Sandy hook bay. I get there in less time than trailering to either Highlands or Leonardo, and although I use more gas, I don't pay GSP tolls or launch fees. I figure it's a wash. But it's way less time, with no weekend traffic to buck on the way there or back. Once I'm launched it's a nice half hour boat ride, compared with an hour and a half drive on a Sunday afternoon going back home.

Oh, and did I mention that the trip upriver on the way home is a great freshwater washout for my engine? Maybe not as pure as tap water, but way better than the saltwater that I left behind. I still put it on the muffs when I get home, but there's never a time when the engine dries out with salt inside her. :)

[Striper80]

Originally Posted by Destroyer

Of course.

I used to use the Highlands ramp. Nice wide, shallow entry. Great ramp. I also used to use the Leonardo State marina ramp. Only 2 truck wide, short steep entry and easy to put the wheels off the end.

Now I use the free ramp in Laurel Hill park in Secaucus, NJ.
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourcei...20new%20jersey
Launch into the Hackensack, 21 mile boat ride downriver to the Hudson River, under the Varrazzano-narrows bridge and out into Sandy hook bay. I get there in less time than trailering to either Highlands or Leonardo, and although I use more gas, I don't pay GSP tolls or launch fees. I figure it's a wash. But it's way less time, with no weekend traffic to buck on the way there or back. Once I'm launched it's a nice half hour boat ride, compared with an hour and a half drive on a Sunday afternoon going back home.

Oh, and did I mention that the trip upriver on the way home is a great freshwater washout for my engine? Maybe not as pure as tap water, but way better than the saltwater that I left behind. I still put it on the muffs when I get home, but there's never a time when the engine dries out with salt inside her. :)

My first trip with my V 18 was from there. It's not a bad trip down the river to the bay at all. You just have to make sure you have your NY saltwater registry card as well as your NJ card. There's a decent fall Striper bite not too far from the launch ramp as well.

[step up here]

If the weatherman is correct you will need more than a V-20 this weekend!

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by step up here

If the weatherman is correct you will need more than a V-20 this weekend!

Yep. If I go out I plan on staying in the river. Plenty of fish in it if you know where to look. I wouldn't keep/eat anything that comes out of it, but it's great fishing for Stripers.
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[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by Striper80

My first trip with my V 18 was from there. It's not a bad trip down the river to the bay at all. You just have to make sure you have your NY saltwater registry card as well as your NJ card. There's a decent fall Striper bite not too far from the launch ramp as well.

I don't have a NY Saltwater card. Since I launch and land in NJ I'm only subject to New Jersey laws (as far as I know). I've always been taught that the two states have reciprocity arraignments Now I'm going to have to do some investigating on NY laws also. <groan> Thanks for the heads up.

[Striper80]

https://decals.dec.ny.gov/DECALSCiti...itizenhome.htm
This is the NY site.