Union County Spots

[Mark B.]

Yes, that's the Peckman R. that enters Verona Lake. And, where we electrofished & released a big rainbow. Glad those kids caught it!

The walleye was either accidently mixed in with other warm water fish stocked by Hackettstown Hatch., or illegally stocked by an angler. It was returned to the lake.

In the near future, our annual Research & Management Reports (a synopsis of all waterbody surveys conducted to address a variety of recreational and resource management needs and in response to emerging fisheries issues) will be on our website.

[youngdumbandfulloffish]

Originally Posted by RyanMac14

I drove passed every pond or lake I could find on google maps including those 4, diamond mill, jackson and crystal lake.. prettt sad I havent gotten anything my last 6 times out so I guess its safe to say your honey lakes are safe from me

Sorry Union County didn't show you any love. I caught a nice 14 inch bass at Nomohegan yesterday. It was pretty clean yesterday just a few algae patches floating by the fountain.

[ithaca10]

Kids at Black Brook Park catching some nice bass on all things hot dogs.

[jimcnj]

Originally Posted by youngdumbandfulloffish

Sorry Union County didn't show you any love. I caught a nice 14 inch bass at Nomohegan yesterday. It was pretty clean yesterday just a few algae patches floating by the fountain.

Nice! I wonder if it was a Surprise Lake transplant?
I caught a couple of foot longs earlier this summer.
My Daughter caught a 5 inch Golden Shiner on Sunday - that's a good sign!
she wouldn't let me use it as catfish bait.

[youngdumbandfulloffish]

Originally Posted by jimcnj

Nice! I wonder if it was a Surprise Lake transplant?
I caught a couple of foot longs earlier this summer.
My Daughter caught a 5 inch Golden Shiner on Sunday - that's a good sign!
she wouldn't let me use it as catfish bait.

Were you fishing by the bridge with your daughter and son? You probably would've got a turtle first. There are some monsters swimming around.

Lake Surprise transplant or one from the backwaters. During the drain I fished back there and caught a few nice ones that avoided the electroshock.

[goodfishin]

I love fishing for bass just about any time of year but between all the salad floating around in most ponds and the fact that every place within an hour of me has been fished, fished, and fished some more, at this time of year, I enjoy grabbing a package of hot dogs and bottom fishing for channel cats. You can find them in just about any body of water; they get big, big, big; and they put up a hell of a fight. Plus, even the most over-fished little town puddle usually has some cats in it. In fact, my biggest freshwater fish of the year last year was a channel cat. 30".

If you can't find a good spot for bassin', I'd recommend giving catfishin' a go. Pretty darn fun to hook a 20" cat on light tackle.