New Years Eve Pike

[catfishonthelake]

Nice job man. That's a nice fish.

[Skunk City]

Thanks Mark. I'm hoping for a nice 40" soon lol.

Was pretty surprised on the topwater action in this cold of water.

[AndyS]

Great fishin' and nice Pike !! Thanx for the report.

[NJ219bands]

Outstanding.

[JIMMY L]

Nice fish! I havent fished the river for 4or5 years. Age {66},some nasty odors and debris fields like the one your standing in kind of turned me off. Still have some good memories however of some beautiful smallies and pike. always caught more and larger fish on shiners after heavy pounding w/lures of all types.Good luck.

[Skunk City]

You couldn't be more right about how littered it is in some spots. This particular spot is as bad as I've seen any body of water as far as litter goes...but don't tell the pike that; they're thriving in the Passaic. Boots, any sort of ball you could ask for, liquor bottles, 55 gallon drums, etc. But, I have fished some spots on this river where it's absolutely GORGEOUS and litter free (Great Piece Meadows in Wayne/Lincoln Park). I guess you have to take everything into consideration when it comes to fishing in the metropolitan area right?

Toghead, if you don't mind me asking, what areas did you used to focus on?

[JIMMY L]

Just south of 80 off river road in west paterson and by the old water pumping station in little falls. besides the reasons in my previous post i should have mentioned some of the unsavory characters i would come across.Got to the point where i wouldnt fish alone!