Oradell Reservoir

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Originally Posted by HessFish

I was very disappointed that Suez decided to suspend the season. I would have hoped they would have gave anglers a chance to police themselves and social distance on there own.

From what I am hearing anglers by in large are doing the right thing.

If yous are out this weekend and see anglers congregating please ask them to distance themselves from one another. If you see anglers practicing social distancing get a photo, put it on social media, even send to news sites. We want the narrative to be that anglers are following the rules.
We don't want to be confused with the hikers, mountain bikers and small groups that may be walking through the areas we are fishing in.

In one or two other states I believe they have already banned recreational fishing. We don't want to lose it here like golfers lost the golf course.

North Jersey- Also the Valero gas station in Oakland NJ (78 RVR) has live bait (worms only). Davis in Sloatsburg is closed at present but if they re-open for curbside pickup you may be able to get live bait there but not sure. Website said they were doing curbside for firearm transactions initially completed over the phone.

The General Store in North Haledon has worms, Butter Worms, Fatheads, medium and large shiners and is open.