Carp buddy in NJ

[Lajnator]

Hi everybody,

anybody interested to join me for my carp fishing trip to NJ or NY? I am have all the equipment on me, including boilies and most important a lot of experince with carp fishing from Europe.
Would be nice to join someone local i can share my experince with. Currently located in Secaucus, NJ. Any advice more than welcome at least. I heard something about Passiac river which is close...but where to go??
thank you for your comments in advance

Jakub
201-2815889

[AndyS]

WELCOME to the site ! Plenty of carp behind the band shell in Duke Island Park on the Raritan river.

http://www.somersetcountyparks.org/parksfacilities/dukeisland/dukeislandpk.html

Lots of big carp in New Jersey !

[420*NightCrawler]

Welcome, Jakub.

I have no experience fishing carp but have seen some large ones in a few spots in my ventures. One spot where I've seen a good amount of carp at, you'll have to look up on a map. The lake isn't named on the map, but the name of the lake is Potash lake in Oakland, NJ. You'll want to google map- Iron Horse Road, Oakland, NJ. The body of water just across the street is considered Potash Lake. Across the street from Iron Horse Rd, by the lake is also a large dirt parking lot and there is a gravel/dirt boat/kayak launch. There is a trail that can followed around most the lake on foot, there are areas to fish from shore, and I've seen some monster carp in there. Granted I have not fished there in 2-3 years, but most times I've fished there I saw carp just under the surface. I know that's a bit more of a ride from Secaucus, but it may be worth it. Wait and see what others on here recommend.

[catfishonthelake]

Hi everybody,

anybody interested to join me for my carp fishing trip to NJ or NY? I am have all the equipment on me, including boilies and most important a lot of experince with carp fishing from Europe.
Would be nice to join someone local i can share my experince with. Currently located in Secaucus, NJ. Any advice more than welcome at least. I heard something about Passiac river which is close...but where to go??
thank you for your comments in advance

Jakub
201-2815889

The Duck Pond in Secaucus has a huge population of carp with good numbers of fish in the 20-30 pound range. It also has some big channel cats too. I used to live in Jersey City and fish it all the time. It's tiny and muddy, tucked behind a bunch of factories and smells like goose crap, but it is loaded with big coarse fish. That would be a good place to start. Also, the Hackensack River runs along Secaucus and is loaded with carp as well. Good luck.

[Lajnator]

Thank you mate, will definitely try one of them. BTW do u need a fishing licence up there? If so do u know where to get it? thanks J.


The Duck Pond in Secaucus has a huge population of carp with good numbers of fish in the 20-30 pound range. It also has some big channel cats too. I used to live in Jersey City and fish it all the time. It's tiny and muddy, tucked behind a bunch of factories and smells like goose crap, but it is loaded with big coarse fish. That would be a good place to start. Also, the Hackensack River runs along Secaucus and is loaded with carp as well. Good luck.

[Lajnator]

Thanks all of u guys for your recommendations...will keep u an update with what i cought;) hopefuly

J.

[Fish n Jeep]

You will need a fishing license. They are available at most sporting goods stores, bait & tackle shops, and Walmart.

Good luck!

[Jigman13]

And online here: http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/als/websalesintro.htm

[Lajnator]

Got it thanks

[Lajnator]

So,

was fishing on the Duck pond today. 3 small catfish and 1 TURTLE hooked after 5 hours of carping...the storm interupted my passion of angling:mad: . NO carp at all. Boiles and whole corn worked well anyway. I assume there is a huge number of fish...
However It seems that it s to much shallow there...not more than a few feets. BTW where have you been fishing there? The spot on the other side of paking?

thanks

Jakub

The Duck Pond in Secaucus has a huge population of carp with good numbers of fish in the 20-30 pound range. It also has some big channel cats too. I used to live in Jersey City and fish it all the time. It's tiny and muddy, tucked behind a bunch of factories and smells like goose crap, but it is loaded with big coarse fish. That would be a good place to start. Also, the Hackensack River runs along Secaucus and is loaded with carp as well. Good luck.

[tautog]

Surprising. Carp in the States are usually not that hard to catch because they are underfished. Maybe they didn't like the heat today. Did you chum?

[catfishonthelake]

So,

was fishing on the Duck pond today. 3 small catfish and 1 TURTLE hooked after 5 hours of carping...the storm interupted my passion of angling:mad: . NO carp at all. Boiles and whole corn worked well anyway. I assume there is a huge number of fish...
However It seems that it s to much shallow there...not more than a few feets. BTW where have you been fishing there? The spot on the other side of paking?

thanks

Jakub

I never fish near the parking lot. You're right, it is very shallow there and all I have ever caught there is small catfish and turtles. If you walk down the abandon train tracks to the left of the lot, there are a couple shore spots along there. I always fish all the way in the back. The water is deeper back there.

[Lajnator]

Surprising. Carp in the States are usually not that hard to catch because they are underfished. Maybe they didn't like the heat today. Did you chum?

yes i did, 5 cans of whole corn with the spod rocket as well as boilies. The weather was fine...windy and the preassure went down because of the storm...

[Lajnator]

I never fish near the parking lot. You're right, it is very shallow there and all I have ever caught there is small catfish and turtles. If you walk down the abandon train tracks to the left of the lot, there are a couple shore spots along there. I always fish all the way in the back. The water is deeper back there.

I didn t fish there neither. I was on the spot you are talking about...opposite to the parking spots. on the deeper area!

will try the Hackensack next time ;)

[tautog]

If you are willing to put in 5 hours and chum, you should have great success once you learn the spots better. I am good for about 20 mins and I have to move which means I am usually one fish and done.