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Wow, this thread was resurrected from the dead.
Surprise Lake was drained and is now Surprise Meadow.
There are those two lakes by the Watchung Traffic Circle (Watchung Lake and Best Lake) but I haven't fished those lakes since I got my driver's license and could leave this shitty place. The state has recently stocked those two lakes a few times, but I think the white bucket crowd just doesn't let anything live there bigger than a baby sunfish.
Seeley's Pond used to have some pickerel. That's a trout stocked pond, so it gets fished non-stop from the moment the stocking truck drops off the trout (yes - before the trout season opener - "Peces gratis!!!"), opening day, through the spring stocking, and well into the summer. Any bass or pickerel that live in there are probably pretty smart.
The sections of the Passaic River going through Union County are shallow and narrow, but hold some pickerel, both Redfin Pickerel and Chain Pickerel. If you get lucky, you may even catch a pike.
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