Dan, it seems like the Passaic is the best for numbers, and that's a thick fish for that river, but I've never seen a pike posted from there that I would consider "thick" when compared to some of the lake fish I've seen. Here's a pic of my first big pike. It was barely 40" with the tail pinched, probably closer to 39", and there is no way I would have been able to grab it behind the head, and I'm not a small guy.
