mixed bag in sussex co

[icebadger]

i went to a lake in sussex county today and caught a mixed bag of fish.the day got off to a bad start.i get there and realize i left my paddle home,so i used a trenching shovel for a paddle good thing i left it in my jeep.it was somewhat windy and partly cloudy.i went to a spot in the middle where there is a mussel bed on a hump next to deep water. caught 4 stink pans, two perch and 3 crappies. spot #2 produced somewhat of same.then back to spot #1 got two more crappies and of course a slime dart. all fish were small and released back.

[River Renegade]

Mixed bag fishing is the best kind. Good report also.

[MattK]

Im pretty sure i was on the same lake...the pickerel were everywhere.

[KRocks]

Had the afternoon free after kids baseball and soccer, so I too had the pleasure of fishing a lake in Sussex County. Based on the description, it doesn't sound like the same lake you gents were on. The lake I was on starts with "Little" and ends with "wood". I arrived for the late afternoon bite at about the same time the morning boats were calling it a day. Guys seemed to have had some success, although not with trout, go figure. I managed 3 nice crappie with tons of misses and a chunky Larry, see pic. Water temps were fairly consistent around 59 degrees. First time fishing this body of water so I spent a fair amount of time on a lazy troll while specing out underneath with my new wireless Deeper fish/depth finder. Seems like some good depth and changes in some spots, would suspect this place can support holdover trout? Many of them were hanging tight to the bottom in better than 30ft of water, maybe due to the approaching front. Nice place but a hell of a ride from Bergen County for just a few of hours of fishing. Will have to revisit when the Daddy-do list doesn't eat up half my day. Tite Linez y'all.

[icebadger]

that lake is not bad icefishing. olny fished it twice on the open water. there's a eagles nesting area that is closed to fishing,i was able to fish there before the nest was there,i caught some nice perch there.nice job on the largemouth.

[Bill Willix]

The lake that starts with little I don't live far from maybe 15minutes. Believe it not it has some really big eels in it. It is also stocked with muskies. I've caught quite a few perch through the ice also