Big Passaic smallie....

[buzzbaiter]

So I was tossing a buzzbait around logs and weed beds on a muddy section of the PR along the Morris/Union border for pike. After an hour of nothing, I finally get a hit. Fish fights hard and with the murky water, couldn't tell what it was other than a strong SOB. Finally it jumps and I see its a good smallie. It went 18" and was pretty fat for a smallie. No idea why it was there as the water was the exact opposite of what they like - slow, muddy and warm.