Passaic River Pike

[thmyorke1]

Originally Posted by FishingwithDon

I watched a couple of youtube videos on Pike fishing in the Passaic and was really intrigued. I went to Passaic River Park and just went for it. I missed one who was really aggressive and hit my bait 3 times. (I was standing on a tree and it was about 3 foot from the bank.) I found it to be really hard to bank fish and the river was really small where I was. Anyone have any experience there and help a guy out? I've always been a bass guy and would love to land a pike.
Thank you!

wire leaders, any bass lures, and try different spots, you can head more downstream for more water, it's low right now. Try spots where it's wooded and not grassy from satellite imagery. Fortunately the tree canopies are thick along the passaic, as well as frequent flooding, so and it limits growth of nasty jungle crap on the bottom terrain (as far as i understand) and therefore those stretches are easy to walk through.

Id suggest barbless hooks, long pliers, and a rubber landing net too. Unhooking pike is a pain in the @##!