Tons of Shad in Overpeck Crek

[Vlad2075]

Duffman, I live in Cliffside so I'm super close to overpeck. It's definitely the closest fresh water spot to me worth fishing. And now with the new Overpeck park in Ridgefield Park, it's become kind of a hotspot for anglers. People are always fishing in there

[Duffman]

That new construction by Agfa and Samsung ruined the fishing the original shoreline used to offer.

[Vlad2075]

I actually worked for Samsung around this time last year and I remember when the park was all under construction but it's been completed for some time now. It's all VERY different now. They actually have small docks to launch boats from.

[Skunk City]

Originally Posted by Vlad2075

Duffman, I live in Cliffside so I'm super close to overpeck. It's definitely the closest fresh water spot to me worth fishing. And now with the new Overpeck park in Ridgefield Park, it's become kind of a hotspot for anglers. People are always fishing in there

I'm not too familiar with the Fairview/Ridgefield/Cliffside area, but my girlfriend just moved to Fairview and this sounds tempting. Is Overpeck fresh water or part of the tidal brackish hackensack? I fish Dekorte Park and Laurel Hill regularly and have caught tons of white perch, some small stripers, and a catfish here and there. Any Largemouth in there?

[Vlad2075]

Skunk City,

I believe it's brackish water in there. Sometimes even Stripers are caught in there. But now is the season Shad are spawning, which means LMB should also be in there feeding on the Shad roe.

If you're ever in the cliffside/fairview area let me know. I would be able to at least point out the good areas I'm not the most experienced angler I'm ashamed to say lol

[Vlad2075]

http://anglerweb.com/fishingspots/Fi...ocationid=5704

[Vlad2075]

Anglerweb has Overpeck listed as Freshwater

[shucker]

gizzard shad

[skippy]

Duffman, what did you do with the snapping turtles after you caught them?

[Skolmann]

Originally Posted by Duffman

Lived a 1/2 mile from, and fished their for 30 years before moving.

I grew up in Teaneck. I fished Overpeck Park/creek several times. Duffman is correct, white perch. There are also carp and some catfish (not many) in there. Used to be a decent place for crabbing-believe it or not. Never once did I ever see shad in there.

Overpeck Creek is a branch of the Hackensack River and that part of the river is is tidal so it might be possible for schoolie stripers to be up that far (they catch stripers not to far downriver from there).

FYI, used to be a good place to trap killies, wonder if it still is.