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Skunk City · #1 02-22-2012, 07:29 PM

Grabbed some shiners and hit the river again for an hour after work for about an hour. One of my go-to spots was extremely low, so I hit another good spot and was greated by 3 nice Smallies. All fish today hit shiners on a slip bobber. Again, I was hoping for a Pike, but I'm sure they'll show up eventually.

FASTEDDIE29 · #2 02-22-2012, 08:08 PM

Dude your having a good start to the year, AWESOME! You fish way north of my Pike spots, unfortunately we dont have smallies in this lower stretch.

Skunk City · #3 02-22-2012, 08:21 PM

Haha thanks Eddie. I made a vow to not be a little girl and actually catch some cold weather fish in 2012 and I'm off to a decent start so far. Not that 55 degrees in February is cold...but its still February lol. Like I said, it will only get better from here : )

I tried upstream in your area once last year from the 'yak but will definetly be putting in some more time down there this year and see what happens...

Skunk City · #4 02-22-2012, 08:23 PM

A couple more Bronzeback pics...

njfisherman1975 · #5 02-22-2012, 09:01 PM

Nice day man...we gotta meet up there one day and fish together. How far up river were you? If u don't wanna post...pm me if you can...hope all is well, and keep it up with the smallies!!

Skunk City · #6 02-23-2012, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by njfisherman1975

Nice day man...we gotta meet up there one day and fish together. How far up river were you? If u don't wanna post...pm me if you can...hope all is well, and keep it up with the smallies!!

Thanks man! Sent ya a PM...

JerryC · #7 02-23-2012, 10:45 AM

Nice job!

acabtp · #8 02-23-2012, 12:11 PM

Nice fish!
I was out on the Passaic yesterday as well, upper portion, in my kayak. I wasn't wearing my watch and I got into a groove paddling upstream, so before I realized it, I had gone about 4.5 miles. Didn't really get to fish more than a few casts before I had to head back so I could get back to where I launched before dark.
I lived in Elmwood Park for 3 years, it's too bad that I didn't think to try fishing there at the time. Yeah, the Passaic's dirty, but it's big and full of interesting things, so i am definitely looking forward to spending some more time on the river soon.

JerryC · #9 02-23-2012, 12:25 PM

I've fished many times in the two bridges area north and south and have had lots of luck in the summer from my Kayak. Me and my buddies wanna try Great Piece Meadows area down to two bridges rd. Have any of you guys fished that area?

flyboy1 · #10 02-23-2012, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by JerryC

I've fished many times in the two bridges area north and south and have had lots of luck in the summer from my Kayak. Me and my buddies wanna try Great Piece Meadows area down to two bridges rd. Have any of you guys fished that area?

I have been down that area twice but unfortunately my buddy that I fish with (who happens to own the canoe that we use) thinks that getting on to the water at 9am is early... smh

so the 2 times that we have fished way back in these areas we have not done that good (only a few decent largemeouth and smallie). However I do see alot of potential in these back areas along with a few deep pockets. The river is very narrow and you can cover a lot of ground very fast. I plan on getting my own John boat this spring and hitting the water early (5am ish) to really see whats going on back there...