Passiac fever!

[23cardinal]

Hey guys- been bassing up dinks, crappie and perch in my usual haunts. All good. Lately thou, been walking the passiac, getting into pike and smallies. Love that river. Repowered the boat , and gonna try navigating it tommororw.
Now...for the porn!

Passiac slam!


Panfish bigger than bass.


Cool shot of a new toothy friend


My not so secret frogging spot and little ones down the stream



Me super hungover trying to decide if I got the same Larry at green turtle.(I didn't )

Monksville at night, and me casting to noise and getting a herring on a rapala

Hope I didn't previously post these, got the Lyme brain
Tight lines!

[Chrisper4694]

saw the title and thought someone finally caught a weird disease from that river! Don't get the water in your mouth! hahaha

[23cardinal]

Originally Posted by Chrisper4694

saw the title and thought someone finally caught a weird disease from that river! Don't get the water in your mouth! hahaha

No no. I'm fishing above the industrial part. Fairfield and above. It gets runoff, but no industrial waste. It's literally down the block from my job(livingston) runs around my way home (280) and then where I grew up(Lincoln park)
Any further down and I might get a tail

[Mr Mayor]

Originally Posted by 23cardinal

No no.......... It gets runoff, but no industrial waste.

HWOOOOOHAHHAHAHA Ur kidding right? Dude I got pics of the Passaic glowing flippin ORANGE!! Right at where yer saying (I'm in E.H., and in my younger days could walk to it..)

Anyway, great pics, and ewww snake...ugh! Hate them!

MM

[NorthJerzyG]

Nice fish, looks like fun! Keep in mind, you should use a leader in the river even when tossing smaller lures. I've hooked some good size pike on small lures.....

[23cardinal]

Originally Posted by NorthJerzyG

Nice fish, looks like fun! Keep in mind, you should use a leader in the river even when tossing smaller lures. I've hooked some good size pike on small lures.....

Yea I was actually going for smallies under the bridge. Just dumb luck. Lol

@mr.mayor. I gotta say thou , it's not terrible lately. The off colours is bc it drains a lot of suburban areas thru there, and then gets slow. Probably algae from all the fertilizer. I'm not bathing in it

[thmyorke1]

I'm super-local to this river but wading is a death sentence from what I hear. Boatless as well.

Is there any section of this mud channel that has good ground? Perhaps up in Lord Stirling park area?

Edit: meant to also ask what makes the Passaic so muddy and other rivers not.

[23cardinal]

Originally Posted by thmyorke1

I'm super-local to this river but wading is a death sentence from what I hear. Boatless as well.

Is there any section of this mud channel that has good ground? Perhaps up in Lord Stirling park area?

Edit: meant to also ask what makes the Passaic so muddy and other rivers not.

Your area ppl kayak down a lot, I don't go thru past Montville on foot- marshy. Any bridge over it should be walkable right there thou.
I'm sure mark or someone else knows more than me, but the lower parts drain a lot of area, and doesn't kill a lot of elevation. Goes slow, goes wide, picks up silt and runs thru marsh. A mature river. The upper reaches are nice and clear thou.

Yea- the wanaque pequannock rock away black are all Wade able. Plan on looking in that area later on, I know the state does stock lord stirling and up with trout

[tycomps]

Originally Posted by thmyorke1

I'm super-local to this river but wading is a death sentence from what I hear. Boatless as well.

Is there any section of this mud channel that has good ground? Perhaps up in Lord Stirling park area?

Edit: meant to also ask what makes the Passaic so muddy and other rivers not.

River's a whole different animal where they are!

[JDTuna]

Awesome dude!