Morristown Dam Fishing Reports

[Chopper77]

i have to ask what u do with the carp after u catch them. do u throw them back or just throw them in the weeds being that they are rough fish? or do u take them home and smoke them?

Any fish that is caugth and will not be utilized be immediately returned alive back into the water. A person cannot wantonly waste a fish that is caught by leaving it or any usable portion on the ice, thrown up on the bank, or intentionally killing it and returning it back into the water unless authorized.

[riverrat56]

Would anyone be interested in getting together to fish carp?

[Muddog]

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Would anyone be interested in getting together to fish carp?

In case you missed it.

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August 22, 2009 - Carp on Volney

[Team Otter]

Would anyone be interested in getting together to fish carp?

You and a whole bunch of others waiting for late August '09! See you on Volney.

Look for details regarding this particular FM/HSO Get-Together early July.

[onlydrakes4me]

Yeah I must of missed that before thanks T.O.

[JBMasterAngler]

I'll be down there on wednesday, any updates on water temp or the silver run? And just to be sure, there is a playground at the park, correct? My wife and daughter will be with and that was my clincher to get them to come along, so I defintely don't want to be wrong about it.

[KTapper]

Yes there is a park and playground just downstream from the dam. Your good to go!

[JBMasterAngler]

Good. Gonna be a nice day too, hopefully the silvers cooperate. Definitely bringing oatmeal for insurance though

[Muddog]

The Cannon river is down. At this time the small Largemouth Bass and Some small Walleyes are in the area. Crappie minnows on a #6 Aberdeen hook will catch just about any fish there. 1/8oz jigs with twister tails will work also.

[JBMasterAngler]

You were right about the river being way down. I was down there yesterday. The silvers weren't running yet. We caught about 2 dozen little largemouth bass, 1 walleye, and 2 tiny pike. Looking into the river from the bridge there was a huge school of perch (some appeared to be nice jumbos) and small walleye. Couldn't get the perch to bite. Downstream at the king mill dam we caught about 2 dozen small white bass though. Even though they were small, was fun to catch on ultra light tackle. rainbow trout colored mepps spinner tipped with gulp waxie was the key, my wife outfished me and my dad bigtime with that rig. I had silver mepps, my dad had chartreuse (both tipped with gulp), but they liked hers the best. Everyone using bobber and minnows weren't catching anything.

[Selmer]

Thanks JB - this is my first spring in the area and I drove by on the way to Ahlman's earlier this week and was surprised by the # of folks there. If the weather is at all decent you can count on me being up there on Monday morning!!!

Selmerfan

[247outdoors]

JB! You weren't kidding about the silvers,boy they are small! do they get bigger than that or is that it.

[JBMasterAngler]

Went back to king mill dam on friday. Bought a rod/reel for my wife at cabela's so we stopped there to let her test it out. She caught about 30 little silvers, a few tiny largemouths, 1 hammerhandle pike, and a tiny perch. Once again, people with bobbers weren't catching anything. So I definitely had a blast watching my wife outfish everyone. No size once again.

I've never caught any silvers over 8 inches below the king mill dam. I don't think they do get much bigger in that stretch. They don't have much water to roam with the woolen mills dam only about 1 mile downstream. At least at morristown dam (when they run), they're swimming up from cannon lake so you should be able to find some 12 to 15 inchers.

[Muddog]

This is one from near the Morristown dam LAST YEAR

The river was up and the grass was green.

[247outdoors]

I've never seen white bass in that area before until this year. I'm wondering if the DNR must of stocked it this year, correct me if i'm wrong.

[french_lake_kid]

Im not sure about them being naturally in the Cannon river system but they have been in there as long as I know. I would say naturally.

[KTapper]

They don't stock them, but there was some planning being done about stocking them in some metro lakes.

[JBMasterAngler]

I don't know why they wouldn't be native to the cannon, it flows into the mississippi.

I've only fished the cannon in this area for a few years, but have always caught white bass below that dam.

[247outdoors]

Are there any big ones there or are they just that small there?

[JBMasterAngler]

My guess is they are all just that small. There's gotta be a couple bigger ones in there though, someone needs to lay the eggs after all.

[KTapper]

I have gotten some decent ones on the cannon.