Anyone fish Deal Lake???

[Rich196]

Looking for a little info/tips on fishing Deal Lake in NJ. Me and the wife plan on making the trip up there Sunday to try it out. I hear it's pretty shallow. Any info to where on the lake would be our best bet for LM bass. Thanks in advance guy's.

[tautog]

It is all shoreline fishing. Bridges, docks, blowdowns and weeds. Not all that great any more but used to have some very nice bass and pickerel.

[Rich196]

I hear it was in pretty bad shape years back, did they clean it up since then? Some say the fishing is good, and some say dont even waste your time.

[Mark B.]

Hurricane Sandy inundated it with saltwater in Oct. 2012 & there was a fishkill.

It returned to freshwater in 2013 & NJDF&W stocked LMB's, Panfish, Northern Pike & Channel Cats. The fish population is recovering.

An angler who lives on the lake said that for the past 2 years he has observed lots of river herring spawning,.........a good sign.