45 minutes on the Passaic.

[danyeo]

I was heading home from work and I happened to be close to the 2 Bridges area and found a spot near one of the bridges. Only had about 45 minutes but they were hiting. I caught 2 nice looking Yellow Perch that were about a foot long, they looked indentical! I wonder if I caught the same one twice. I caught both on a Rapala and another one got away.

I switched to a Hula Popper just as it started to rain and caught a Bass, around a foot long. I'm pretty sure it was a Smallmouth. I had a 2nd pole and tried digging for a worm but no luck there so I used an artificial worm with a float, what the heck. Couldn't believe it was getting some hits under the bridge and I started pulling something in when it must have swam into some branches, line was snagged and I had to snap it. I hope the fish spit out the hook, or hopefully it will disolve in a day or 2.

Right near the bridge there were a bunch of dead fish, couldn't tell what they were. I think they may have been dumped there by someone.

No pike but I'll keep trying. But this was my 2nd time in that area and it seems like a healthy river for fishing. I still won't eat anything out of it though.