Dude...Great shots......I think that's a skink of some sort.........never saw one but have read that they are native to the area...very cool.
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/lizards.pdf
Love me some pickerel fishing......First love as a kid......was the only thing I could catch with any consistency .....Johnson's weedless silver spoon.
Drag a canoe up in that spot! Great to see the tad poles too!!!