Question for Passaic R. Anglers

[zhitoman]

I keep sunfish sometimes, and an occasional bullhead, but I don't fish Passaic.

[buzzbaiter]

I think the game warden needs to patrol paterson more because i think a lot of fish are being taken out of there.

This is a problem statewide: too few WCO's to cover many waters. You only ever see them around opening day of trout and in major parks. I go out fishing between 75-100 days a year and rarely see or talk to them. They NEED to go to the under the bridge spots and check these fill my bucket "anglers". They may not be not taking too many fish but they are taking undersized ones I'm sure. Most fish-eating fish(bass/pike/pickerel) have one per week or month health warnings. Carp are apparently the worst(no surprise)Perhaps those are the signs they should put up:

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/dsr/fisha.../advisory-shee. ts-2012/passaic-river-rt280.pdf

[justin1982]

Originally Posted by buzzbaiter

This is a problem statewide: too few WCO's to cover many waters. You only ever see them around opening day of trout and in major parks. I go out fishing between 75-100 days a year and rarely see or talk to them. They NEED to go to the under the bridge spots and check these fill my bucket "anglers". They may not be not taking too many fish but they are taking undersized ones I'm sure. Most fish-eating fish(bass/pike/pickerel) have one per week or month health warnings. Carp are apparently the worst(no surprise)Perhaps those are the signs they should put up:

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/dsr/fisha.../advisory-shee. ts-2012/passaic-river-rt280.pdf

I agree, I've only seen signs in Newark about not eating crabs. People need to made aware because I've noticed that if I, just a regular guy, tell bucket anglers they shouldn't be eating out of the river they get defensive or pretend they dont understand me. Forget keeping the fish, it's not safe.

[RichieFer]

I live in Harrison and have always been curious to go down and try the river. Have seen a few people there before but they don't speaky speaky the engrish lol. Anyone ever have any luck that far down below the falls and the North Arlington area ?

[buzzbaiter]

I think C&R practice needs to be better explained to certain fishing 'groups' so that they realize their habits can have a negative impact on fisheries. The NJDFGW can also look at more restrictive creel laws like no kill or larger max sizes on gamefish like 15" for bass and 30" pike. Most gamefish are sport fish not dinner fish. Take all the sunnies, perch, crappie, carp and bullheads you want but gamefish? Most should be returned to fight again. I also see nothing wrong with a few no-kill fish rules on popular lakes/rivers. Although natural factors such as habitat, water chemistry and forage play a far bigger role in how many fish or how big fish get in a particular waterbody, angler harvest can be a factor as well. I think a few no-kill bass/pike/musky lakes and rivers might help things. Certainly couldn't hurt right?

[FASTEDDIE29]

Hey, how bout some fishing reports girlz? I'm currently swamped with work but look forward to seeing some fishing reports from some of you fine anglers soon. Somebody go catch something and dedicate it to the..........FASTEDDIE is WORKING WAYYYYYYY TOOOO MUCH FUND!!!!!! LOL! WHAAAAAAAAAAAA. I catch and release everything unless I run outta bait. You fellaz shoulda seen the size of the Flathead that I caught on a 15 inch Smallie last month. That was EPIC!!!!!

As for one of my home rivers. I release em, I feed em, sometimes I watch em spawn, sometimes I catch em. I take care of my fish so everyone can enjoy em.

TIGHT LINEZ!!!!!!!!!!