Tidal Passaic Stripes and Pike

[briansnat]

Originally Posted by Chrisper4694

well...calling the passaic silty and not dirty is a bit of a stretch...put it this way when that water splashes in my mouth, i spit for the next 5 minutes haha. The fish def don't care though!

I grew up a short distance from the Passaic (in Passaic). I recall in the 60's it was listed for a time as the most polluted river in the US. I recall some of us having a strange sense of pride at that status. Hey, it's nice to be first at something.

I would fish for carp near the bridge into Wallington. Carp was about all the life there was in the river at that time. When I would catch one, I wouldn't even touch it. I would cut the line and let it go. My friend had his pole pulled into the water by a carp and he actually jumped in after it. He went right home and took a shower. This was about 1970.

It is much, much better now, but still far from clean.