November 09, 2026 - 10:55:32
Another person that told us about some good trout fishing in the northern trout streams was Nick over at Bullet Hole Annex. He too mentioned the Flat Brook, Ramapo, Musconetcong and Pequest and said the South Branch, Pohatcong and Paulinskill were some of the streams that made his hit list. He also mentioned Verona, Branch Book, and Barbours Pond as some of the top still water spots for trout. He also told us Greenwood Lake and Swartswood Lake were lakes that he got good reports on the evening walleye fishing from.
November 09, 2026 - 10:55:22
The report from Nick at Bullet Hole Annex echoed our first report when he told us the stripers were pretty much spread throughout the back bay and the bay all the way into the Reach. Live and cut bunker were the bait of choice for most fishermen but when they were on the feed they were not fussy about what they inhaled. Nick told us he also got reports of the bass fishing in the lower tidal Passaic and Hackensack rivers where jig-swimbaits and swimming plugs were taking stripers as well. When it comes to the blackfish the bite was also decent for them off and on most of the week, however with all the stripers that were around, not to mention dogfish, the bass made a better target for the majority of fishermen.
November 02, 2026 - 10:29:22
“We had a nice variety of reports come into the shop this past week,” said Nick over at Bullet Hole Annex. Some of the best fishing is the trout action in the northern streams which are in excellent shape and producing some nice fish with the lower Musconetcong, Pequest, Ramapo, Flat Brook and Pohatcong being a few of the best, The shop also got reports of good walleye fishing in Greenwood and Lake Hopatcong, and good trout fishing in Round Valley and Merrill Creek Reservoir. Lastly while the Passaic is seeing some lower water levels the upper portion is giving up smallies, northerns, catfish, largemouth and panfish and the lower tidal section is good for perch and mixed size stripers.
November 02, 2026 - 10:29:12
Striped bass and blackfish were also at the top of the list when we spoke with Nick over at Bullet Hole Annex. Nick said the fishing started showing signs of waking up on Tuesday and the fishing was up and down later in the week. Here too we were told the fishing spread from the back waters and into Raritan Bay and by the weekend the fishing was also decent in the lower Shrewsbury and Navesink rivers. The waters around the bridges and along the beaches from Sandy Hook south also served up some fair fishing. When it comes to the bottom fishing the sea bass were caught in deeper water farther off the beaches and the blackfish were caught in the bay and backwater areas as well as along the inshore waters on the Shrewsbury Rocks.
