Passaic River Stocking: Two Bridges to Elmwood Park

[AndyS]

Put 'em in the Raritan river !!

[FASTEDDIE29]

Im with Tycomps on this one. The Passaic river in the Berkley heights area has a lot of shore access a nice canoe launch and hiking paths. Theres bridges up and down that stretch of river and you can walk a long way. Theres nice fast water for trout in Millington wide deeper areas by camp riverbend. The possibilities are endless. Snyder ave bridge in Berkley Heights is an IDEAL area.

[ithaca10]

Thought they closed the Camp Lane ramp last year.

[tycomps]

camp ramp is still there at a point where the river is wide with just enough lily pads and several trees down in the area to provide structure, the fish would filter down through Berkeley Heights, New Providence, and Chatham across swift rocky bottom, slow moving current, and wide areas of water and connect to the areas that are reported to have considerably more activity than up river. Stocking further up river would have positive results as well. Attached are aerials of Camp River Bend ramp at Gillette and Passaic River Park at Snyder Ave in Berkeley Heights.

[Skunk City]

Originally Posted by tycomps

camp ramp is still there at a point where the river is wide with just enough lily pads and several trees down in the area to provide structure, the fish would filter down through Berkeley Heights, New Providence, and Chatham across swift rocky bottom, slow moving current, and wide areas of water and connect to the areas that are reported to have considerably more activity than up river. Stocking further up river would have positive results as well. Attached are aerials of Camp River Bend ramp at Gillette and Passaic River Park at Snyder Ave in Berkeley Heights.

Even though I worked in Berkeley Heights for almost 2 years, I am not familiar with the ramp you are talking about. The Camp Lane ramp I was referring to was an actual ramp on Camp Lane in the town Fairfield. Its right before the Passaic meets Pompton. Great area btw...

[tycomps]

here's a closeup of the ramp at camp riverbend off of hillcrest rd gillette/berkeley heights. it's paved, wide, and pitched gradually. might have to ask for camp permission to offload there but it would give the kids at the camp an excellent opportunity to catch good sized fish.

[Gatto1227]

Originally Posted by AndyS

Put 'em in the Raritan river !!

I second this lol

[The Dominator]

That is closest to Packanack Lake easy in and out..

[dboyd101]

Pompton Lake is right around the corner...

Passaic will turn into a feeding frenzy for the Pike. If they throw them into the Pompton Lake, they will at least eventually make it to the Passaic when it floods again this fall.

I grew up in the area and local lakes could be Potash Lake,Pompton Lake/River,Pines Lake,Pequanock River(near Hershfield Park area),Ramapo River,Woodland Lake(Pequonnock),Lincoln Park off Ryerson Rd.(so many nice lakes but I don't know the names of them)......these places all hold nice fish and are very nearby if that's what they are looking to do is disperse the fish locally