Passaic river between Berkeley Heights/Chatham.

[danyeo]

Hello all, I've been lurking here but finally registered. I'm originally from Monmouth County but I've lived in Berkley Heights for a few years now, I'm right up the street from Seeley's Pond although I never fish there.

I can't help but notice all the Passaic threads and the Pike you guys are catching but is there anything besides carp and catfish in my area? I've fished a couple of spots in Berkeley Heights and caught a few carp, but that's it. The river isn't wide up here and it often looks like Chocolate Milk. I've thrown a rapala in a few times but never got any hits. I've been worried actually because in a few spots I fished there's always a beaver or muskrat swimming around, don't want to hook that.

And Seeley's......I prefer to just go over to Lake Surprise. I've caught some bass and pickeral there but nothing big.


Also, since a lot of you seem to know your Pickeral and Pike, how big can a Pickeral get? I found an old picture of myself with a Pickeral I caught on a private lake in upstate NY and I remember wondering if it could have been a Pike? It was 28 inches long and I caught it with a 6 or 7 inch long Bluegill. It was a Boy Scout camp so the lake was off limits to the public and it was infested with hungry Pickeral. I guess I should look at the coloring and marking of that fish again.