Passaic River Access - NJ Public fishing access

[thyer]

I haven't fished the Passaic in months and thought I would do a trip today. Got to the launch by two bridges and the town put a gate across the launch area. I get that this is NJ and there are people that ruin things for everyone but WTF. With more and more public access being removed where are the respectful fisherman to go? I live in MA for 10 years and up there every body of water had to have some form of public access but NJ you can't even look at water without someone complaining. It's frustrating.