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I will then have walked the whole stretch from Chatham to half way through great piece.
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Yeah I've pretty much covered it all(by foot) from Lord Sterling Park thru most Great Piece(about 30 miles) save a short private land section(near Canoe Brook Reservoirs where they actually patrol the property) and a few short posted land spots in Basking Ridge. I have caught 95% of my pike in maybe 5 miles of that and about half in one 1/2 mile stretch. Most of it has great cover with plenty of snags, weedbeds and even lilypads(near Rt 10) but a dearth of pike. Some sections have never been close to being clear - not even now - while others run clear off & on most of the summer. Truth be told sections with the clearer water - despite having much less cover than muddier sections do - produce far more pike at least for me. I fish primarily topwater which is often not a good producer in cloudy water so take that for whats its worth.
