Passaic River 4/18

[NorthJerzyG]

Spent the better part of the morning checking out "state recommended" stocked locations in the pompton lakes/wanaque area. Found some nice holes but no love. Decided to hit a couple Passaic river spots on my way back.

In the first spot I picked up a few dink smallies and a "trout size" pike. Next spot yielded a decent channel cat and a river tarpon that unfortunately broke off before I had the chance to take his picture. All in all a good, skunk free day.

[antgogz]

thats cool man you always gotta appreciate scoring a pike on a lure no matter what size. Two years ago my buddy actually saw the stocking truck ride by and stock hundreds of 6" inch pike fingerlings in the river.

[FASTEDDIE29]

Nice day to be out there!!! SWEEET!!!

[wolf man]

nice fish! i have had no luck at the passaic, skunked 6 times already. cant figure it out

[Skunk City]

Always fishin' in those muddy Passaic River banks, your floor mats must look great! I tend to stick to the rocky banks on the river unless Im in the 'yak.

Nice Pike though, not as small as the one I landed a few years ago up in Lincoln Park!

[NorthJerzyG]

Originally Posted by Skunk City

Always fishin' in those muddy Passaic River banks, your floor mats must look great! I tend to stick to the rocky banks on the river unless Im in the 'yak.

Floor mats aren't bad cuz I bag my sneakers and leave them in the trunk. However, I have ruined more than one pair of sneakers already this year, lol.

Besides, you can't pass up a productive spot cause of a little mud. That would be "unmanly". :-)

[NorthJerzyG]

Originally Posted by wolf man

nice fish! i have had no luck at the passaic, skunked 6 times already. cant figure it out

That's kinda were I'm at with trout fishing. 2 fish in 5/6 attempts. Gotta find better spots I guess....