10/11/16 boat electrofishing Passaic R. @ Florham Park & Fairfield

[Mark B.]

A total of 12 N. Pike netted, 4 others evaded capture.

Pictured, the largest @ 36.3” & 14.4 lbs.

Netted upstream of boat ramp @ Camp Lane, Farifield

[Eskimo]

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Awesome. It's a great urban fishery.

Were you also looking at bass or just pike?

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[Jigman13]

That's a thick fish! Love that river!

[Mikey topaz]

Thick is right jigman! Looks like it just a 5$ footlong

[icebadger]

that's a really nice toothy criter,that pike has eating good.have you found any white suckers in your nets?

[antgogz]

wow marks thats awesome.....especially with how low the water is. what else did you get in your nets?

[NorthJerzyG]

Nice fish!! I caught this one over there recently.... Before the gate was locked! :confused: Did you here any gunfire cause I was told the area would be closed off for duck hunting??

http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i419/NorthjerzyG/IMAG1097.jpg (http://s1092.photobucket.com/user/NorthjerzyG/media/IMAG1097.jpg.html)

[AndyS]

And yet they keep stocking the Millstone.............and NADA !!!

[Mark B.]

We were electrofishing for N. Pike. But we also saw,…

Florham Park: Carp, Yellow Perch, Black Crappies, Largemouth Bass, Sunfish, Golden Shiners, White Suckers, HUGE schools of Common Shiners.

Fairfield: Carp, Yellow Perch, Red Fin Pickerel, Chain Pickerel, Black Crappies, Largemouth Bass, White Suckers, Sunfish.

Yesterday, we electrofished @ Elmwood Park: Saw what looked 2 N. Pike but they evaded capture, Carp, Yellow Perch, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Sunfish, White Suckers, Black Crappies, Angelfish (a NJ first for me).

[Mark B.]

Nice fish!! I caught this one over there recently.... Before the gate was locked! :confused: Did you here any gunfire cause I was told the area would be closed off for duck hunting??

http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i419/NorthjerzyG/IMAG1097.jpg (http://s1092.photobucket.com/user/NorthjerzyG/media/IMAG1097.jpg.html)

I called Fairfield DPW to unlock the gate. They told me that it was open, as someone cut the lock off. Didn't sound like they were going to repair it soon.

[lukenic]

We were electrofishing for N. Pike. But we also saw,…

Florham Park: Carp, Yellow Perch, Black Crappies, Largemouth Bass, Sunfish, Golden Shiners, White Suckers, HUGE schools of Common Shiners.

Fairfield: Carp, Yellow Perch, Red Fin Pickerel, Chain Pickerel, Black Crappies, Largemouth Bass, White Suckers, Sunfish.

Yesterday, we electrofished @ Elmwood Park: Saw what looked 2 N. Pike but they evaded capture, Carp, Yellow Perch, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Sunfish, White Suckers, Black Crappies, Angelfish (a NJ first for me).

can the public get access to the data and is there any video?

[Chrisper4694]

can the public get access to the data and is there any video?

a little off topic but...

makes me think of the time i sent an email asking if anglers could have access to the skillful angler data submitted for the year (not just the top fish for the year)...

couldn't be that much extra work for the person processing the submissions to just throw the species, size, and location into a table on the website could it? seems like very valuable information not being put to much use.

[Mark B.]

can the public get access to the data and is there any video?

No Video.

I will be writing it up this winter (I forgot to include Brown Bullheads @ all sites & 1 Channel Catfish approx. 6 lbs. @ Florham Park).

Scroll to the bottom of this page: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/bfwf_highlights.htm

to see link to Field Report - Research & Management 2015

All biologists will be writing up this fall / winter: Field Report - Research & Management 2016

[RichS]

Not looking for spots, but how far down river does one encounter freshwater species? I know LMB are pretty salt tolerant. Is there much salt content as far North as Rutherford when the water levels are low? Thx

[lukenic]

No Video.

I will be writing it up this winter (I forgot to include Brown Bullheads @ all sites & 1 Channel Catfish approx. 6 lbs. @ Florham Park).

Scroll to the bottom of this page: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/bfwf_highlights.htm

to see link to Field Report - Research & Management 2015

All biologists will be writing up this fall / winter: Field Report - Research & Management 2016

thanks. i especially like this-
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/fwfisheries/fieldreport15_appendices.pdf

[Mark B.]

Not looking for spots, but how far down river does one encounter freshwater species? I know LMB are pretty salt tolerant. Is there much salt content as far North as Rutherford when the water levels are low? Thx

You need a Freshwater License if you fish above The Freshwater License Line: Erie Railroad bridge between Newark (at Verona Ave.) and Kearny.

Of course the actual freshwater line varies with rain & tides.

Once I got a report of a N. Pike catch @ Lyndhurst.

This year, due to the lack of rain, an angler reported a bunker school @ the base of Dundee Dam, Garfield.

[tradingfrank27]

Thanks for the post. With all the pike being stocked into the Passaic I wish there were more access to the river, but I also understand the folks who knows where to catch them don't want more access... lol Feel the same for SR and hope the ramp never goes up