Passaic River - Great Falls float |
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Monday, 18 July 2011 10:34 |
I’ve wanted to do a shuttle trip on the Passaic River from the Great Falls down a few miles. About a decade ago I spoke with a couple guys who told me they had caught and released a huge pike there and several big smallmouths. This section of river has some of the largest gradient drop on the entire river. Now that I’m trying to do more fishing closer to home it was time to check this area out. I scoped it out and Bill thought it would be fun and joined me this past Saturday. We At the take out there was a huge buck. We were only about 15’ from it but it took off as soon as it saw us. It had at least 10 points which makes sense as there isn’t any hunting in the middle of a city and no predators. While the fishing was disappointing that’s fishing. My last freshwater excursion on the Rockaway River was also very slow and that was an area where I’ve had 100 fish days. So I’m not sure if it’s a function of a lousy period or…….. It was fun and I want to fish it again. Next time I might try bait; hopefully with better success. The next part of the river I want to hit is the Dundee Lake area. There are huge schools of carp there and I want to try sight fishing with the fly rod. Hasta |
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