My Passaic River Greeting and Thank You

[PGAProfishional]

Gentlemen,

I just became a member of the forum. Thank you Gerry!

I have followed many threads and I gotta say the information I've obtained from so many of you, has been unbelievable. I really feel I should thank the following people for their input:

njbassman
Skunk City
flyboy1
AndyS
NorthJerzyG
msgdan
FASTEDDIE29

I'm hoping I can catch up with many of you and wet the line. I also fish out of my Kayak when time allows.

Last year (2012) my friend, njbassman, told me about the Passaic River Fishery. Up until that moment I couldn't believe Pike and Smallmouth were so abundant. My Avatar photo is from the Elmwood Park/Garfield Area. This was my second time fishing the Passaic when I landed that keeper.

Of course, I threw her back in, but I was hooked ever since that day.



Thanks to all of you

[dfish28]

Welcome comrad

[FASTEDDIE29]

Welcome to the site dude! Thank you for reading the posts from all these amazing fishermen. Look forward to seeing your posts up on this board. GOOD LUCK and TIGHT LINES!!!

[AndyS]

Like the guy said, WELCOME to the nut house !! Keep an eye on the PM inbox, like I always say, information flows around here in funny ways.

[Skunk City]

Welcome. Glad to see my reports helped. Now it's time for you to repay the favor and post some awesome reports of your own :cool: .

Elmwood Park is a great area to fish, but don't limit yourself to just there. Having the kayak to scout out new spots is a HUGE plus obviously ;) . You'll find fish almost everywhere on this river. Keep an eye on the USGS gauge charts for temps and water levels (Google "USGS Two Bridges", "USGS Pine Brook", "USGS Dundee Dam", etc.). This time of year is good for keeping the water levels high, which means getting that 'yak into the shallow backcoves these shore fisherman can't get to.

[FASTEDDIE29]

Skunk, wana set up a KAYAK MEET-N-GREET sometime at the end of april or early may. Do you have yak buddies? What do you think bro?

[GetANet]

YAK,YAK,YAK!!! Ain't got one! Welcome to the MADNESS !!!!!

[PGAProfishional]

Welcome. Glad to see my reports helped. Now it's time for you to repay the favor and post some awesome reports of your own :cool: .

Elmwood Park is a great area to fish, but don't limit yourself to just there. Having the kayak to scout out new spots is a HUGE plus obviously ;) . You'll find fish almost everywhere on this river. Keep an eye on the USGS gauge charts for temps and water levels (Google "USGS Two Bridges", "USGS Pine Brook", "USGS Dundee Dam", etc.). This time of year is good for keeping the water levels high, which means getting that 'yak into the shallow backcoves these shore fisherman can't get to.
I'll repay you gents as often as I can with reports!

One thing I didn't mention. After my first trip on the Passaic "Little Falls", I did a bit of research, "Google Maps" and conjured up with a few more areas that I could enter on foot. "Where there's a will, there's a way"

By the way, Have you, or anyone else seen the under water structure on the south side of the Route 4 Bridge. It looks like an old train-trestle or a crane that submerged. I found it while on my Kayak's maiden voyage. I hooked up to a Smallmouth that wasn't very big using a weedless wacky rigged 4'' Pumpkin Senko. I just couldn't believe I didn't get snagged, over 10 casts into the structure.

Just makes me wonder what other kind of goodies are submerged!!

[NorthJerzyG]

Welcome!!! Def a great fishery. And, the more attention it receives, the more coin is going to go toward making it better IMO.

Good luck out there, and def post some beasts!!!!

[Skunk City]

Skunk, wana set up a KAYAK MEET-N-GREET sometime at the end of april or early may. Do you have yak buddies? What do you think bro?

Lets do it. If we do a Sunday, I will definitely have 2 other buddies with yaks be down for it as well. I had a 4 species day on the river last year on 4/20, crappie, yellow perch, largemouth, and pike :D .

[Skunk City]

I'll repay you gents as often as I can with reports!

One thing I didn't mention. After my first trip on the Passaic "Little Falls", I did a bit of research, "Google Maps" and conjured up with a few more areas that I could enter on foot. "Where there's a will, there's a way"

By the way, Have you, or anyone else seen the under water structure on the south side of the Route 4 Bridge. It looks like an old train-trestle or a crane that submerged. I found it while on my Kayak's maiden voyage. I hooked up to a Smallmouth that wasn't very big using a weedless wacky rigged 4'' Pumpkin Senko. I just couldn't believe I didn't get snagged, over 10 casts into the structure.

Just make me wonder what other kind of goodies are submerged!!


Ive only been up that far once, up to the fish weir, and dont think I spotted it. Very cool though. Last summer, a buddy and I found 3 submerged cars in Pompton River, so nothing about either river would surprise me at this point lol.

[Jigman13]

How's the fishing where the two rivers meet? Never really had an opportunity to fish that area... I've bee salivating at Google maps looking at it, though.

[PGAProfishional]

Jigman,

Are you speaking about 2 bridges road? Where the Pompton and Passaic Rivers meet?

If so, (I may be wrong about this opinion) the immediate area receives a good amount of fishing pressure.

There's an area to park, just off of 2 bridges road, and you're able to launch a kayak or canoe with no problem. There's also a grass path that you can access by car/truck to possibly launch a jon boat. Check the area out before you take my word for it. It may be a tight squeeze to find a boat launching area. Oh yeah, remember to park you truck in the lot after you launch.

I've hooked up to a small pike only to loose him about 5 feet from the shore. He was flippin out! A month or 2 later in early fall, I caught a decent perch. Like my buddy Skunk says, there are fish all over the river.

In my humble opinion I noticed that certain areas produce more of a catch than others. I'm always looking for that secluded honey hole!

Inhabitance in a area must be due to a couple factors, water clarity, structure, depth of the river, oxygenation, and of course a rich supply of food.

I'm always researching. Many others on this site really seem to have the Passaic down pat. The only things I can attribute that to is research, trial and error, and fishing talent.

Check it out though, you may be surprised!

Best of luck Brotha!

[Jigman13]

Yea, that's the area I'm referencing. I've fished a few other areas with very good results so I haven't really ventured out much to explore additional stretches of river. The areas I hit are way upstream on the two bridges area. Just looking to diversify!

[Skunk City]

Yea, that's the area I'm referencing. I've fished a few other areas with very good results so I haven't really ventured out much to explore additional stretches of river. They areas I hit are way upstream on the two bridges area. Just looking to diversify!

Right where the rivers meet is shallow and rocky, not really fishable due to the current. If you plan on kayaking through there, have a planned takeout spot downstream because its a b*tch paddling back up that spot. It's doable, just be prepared to get wedged onto big boulders and to paddle your butt off until you get passed the juction. I've landed fish upstream and downstream of that junction on both rivers with success. It does get hammered though.

[msgdan]

Welcome to this great site and welcome to the Passaic !!! I am sure that I can show you a few spots that could produce a pike or two, but paddling your kayak with a blindfold on may be hard at first, but you will get the hang of it pretty quick !!! LOL

Now if you can get rid of my hook with my driver...........I may let you take off the blinfold to a few spots! LOL

See you in the spring on the water !

Danny V

[PGAProfishional]

Welcome to this great site and welcome to the Passaic !!! I am sure that I can show you a few spots that could produce a pike or two, but paddling your kayak with a blindfold on may be hard at first, but you will get the hang of it pretty quick !!! LOL

Now if you can get rid of my hook with my driver...........I may let you take off the blindfold to a few spots! LOL

See you in the spring on the water !

Danny V
Thanks Dan! I'd fish with you anytime brotha! As far as the blindfold goes, that's a little kinky, we just met, but I'll trust ya!! LOL!

Trust me you won't be Capt. Hook much longer! We'll straighten that out too.

Hope to see you out there soon. I'll be out on PR as soon as this Nor'Easter is over with.

[Skunk City]

Thanks Dan! I'd fish with you anytime brotha! As far as the blindfold goes, that's a little kinky, we just met, but I'll trust ya!! LOL!

Trust me you won't be Capt. Hook much longer! We'll straighten that out too.

Hope to see you out there soon. I'll be out on PR as soon as this Nor'Easter is over with.


LOL! 5 posts in and I like this guy already :p .

[Bassload]

Welcome to the best fish website for NJ. Been on here almost a year. Thanks to this website I now have Pike fever. Luckily the Passiac River is a good cure. :) I like Fasteddie idea for a kayak meet n greet. Keep us posted.

[Jigman13]

Sh*t... Looks like I'm going to need a kayak! Lol...

[FASTEDDIE29]

Shit, I have a canoe for 2 guys. Ill drag it up. All you'll need is 2 life jackets. I'll stay in my yak and offer up the canoe to any 2 anglers that wana jump in.

[PGAProfishional]

Welcome to the best fish website for NJ. Been on here almost a year. Thanks to this website I now have Pike fever. Luckily the Passiac River is a good cure. :) I like Fasteddie idea for a kayak meet n greet. Keep us posted.

Definitely sounds like a plan to me. It would be cool meeting up and chillin with you guys. If someone sucks we'll just paddle away, I'm kidding, just kidding. But seriously...

Hell if you guys want to start up a chapter of Outlaw Kayaker's I'm game! 1%ER's!

Maybe I've been watching too much Gangland today! Nevermind...lol:D

Stay safe in this Nor'Easter Gents!!

[stevejordan]

Welcome! Nice user name haha. bassmans my uncle, you should convince him to come up to ny in a few weeks and go striper fishin

[njbassman]

Jeez Pro

i don't check in for a few hours and you busted open this MB. There's all kinds of love and free flow of info here. haaaa I love it!

Bri kept telling me you were aces with the rod and reel. He was right. We went out on the river and didn't have the best day but we had a LOT of fun and saw a new piece of the river.

I am lookin forward to gettin back on the water with you and makin it happen. There is always some sort of disaster when you fish with me so hold on tight!

Fish ON!!

[PGAProfishional]

Welcome! Nice user name haha. bassmans my uncle, you should convince him to come up to ny in a few weeks and go striper fishin

Hey,

Thanks my friend! Your Uncle is a great guy! A powerful warrior! lol.. I'm happy to say he's a good friend of mine.

I'll try to convince him to come up to NY. There may be one problem, I might have to come with him and throw the line in. lol!

Be Good!

[PGAProfishional]

Jeez Pro

i don't check in for a few hours and you busted open this MB. There's all kinds of love and free flow of info here. haaaa I love it!

Bri kept telling me you were aces with the rod and reel. He was right. We went out on the river and didn't have the best day but we had a LOT of fun and saw a new piece of the river.

I am lookin forward to gettin back on the water with you and makin it happen. There is always some sort of disaster when you fish with me so hold on tight!

Fish ON!!
Oh, Man, there are some really great people on here! I can't seem to get enough info from them right now. I'm looking at every thread and absorbing them all, like my mother baking in the sun...just taking it in lol!

I had a blast, even though that day didn't produce much, but I agree with you, it's a learning experience when you're on a river. One of the more obvious things I've noticed about the PR is it's way of removing and adding structure. What I mean is it's constantly changing, deadfalls, tree removal, brush piles, low & high water levels, water clarity etc.

We'll get out there soon. Call me after the storm we'll go cut some holes in the ICE!

[stevejordan]

Anytime! I've got enough striper poles for all of us. Itd be a good time!

[flyboy1]

Ill definitely show up for meet n greet on the mighty passaic... I will have my flat bottom jon before then so I will be good to go..... looking forward right now to ice out in mid march... Cant come soon enough.....:rolleyes:

[flyboy1]

BTW.... Welcome to the site PGA.... there are a bunch of good guys on here with a tremendous amount of fishing info on here... Get in good with some of these guys and your PM box will be full of secret fishing info...;)