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Originally Posted by Skunk City
I practice only catch and release, but have seen guys set up at the Nutley boat ramp in the lower Passaic keeping White Perch and unfortunately, short Stripers. Yes, I did say something to them about it needing to be 28" but they "No habla englais" me  . |
I lived in Lyndhurst for 28 or so years, and know that ramp well.. My brother still lives there , only a few blocks from that ramp.. He recently saw a guy there[I won't mention his ethnicity] catching and keeping eels to eat.. there could be NO fish in that river in that tidal section WORSE to take home than eels.. I can't even imagine what it woul;d be like to eat them.. Its all soft ooze there, full of contaminants no doubt.. Yes the Passaic River tidal section has a lot more fish in it than when I was a kid, but it won't produce clean eating quality fish for many decades, until that bottom is capped and/or washed away in the next few decades... or more.. It was so polluted at one point, most doubted it would ever have any life in it.. Anyone that eats lower/tidal Passaic River fish needs his head examined... bob
