September 21, 2026 - 10:33:08
From Joe at Fairfield Fishing Tackle comes word of some good fishing in the Passaic River to start October with. Joe also mentioned that some of the bigger reservoirs have also started to move in the fall more. Split Rock, Hopatcong, Greenwood, Lake Musconetcong, and the like have all benefited from the wet summer we had, and the cool nights of September have been pulling the water temps down. Lastly he mentioned that a ton of anglers are waiting to see what we are going to have in terms of a fall trout season this year.
September 21, 2026 - 10:32:46
Joe at Fairfield Fishing Tackle told us of dropping numbers of fluke in the second half of September. He said while anglers were still catching some flatties most of the better fishing had shifted into the ocean. Needless to say the weatherman did not help anything with the scary weather predictions and nasty storms. On the upside when anglers were able to get out they found some good bluefish, bonito, albacore and Spanish mackerel fishing along the inshore waters. A few bluefin were also boated. Bottom fishing was also decent with tog, sea bass, triggers, croakers, occasional porgies and ling being caught. The bottom fishing should be even better with the sea bass bag limit going up to 10-fish, he said. Lastly he mentioned some stripers already being caught, usually a precursor of things to come in October.
September 14, 2026 - 10:18:47
From Joe over at Fairfield Fishing Tackle comes word of some good fishing in the Passaic River. Water levels remained good in the river and northerns, smallies, catfish and largemouth were caught from the river this past week. As per usual kayak fishermen saw the better numbers of fish. In addition Joe told us he also got some good reports from the bigger reservoirs, especially on the smallmouth bass. Greenwood is fishing well for smallies and walleyes, Areoflex is serving up some landlocks from boats and from the shoreline; Hopatcong is seeing some walleyes, hybrids and bass and Split Rocks is fishing well for smallies.
September 14, 2026 - 10:18:31
The word from Joe over at Fairfield Fishing Tackle echoed some of our other reports when he said fluke fishing has started to get a lot more hit or miss. One of the concerns about the fall fishing he mentioned was with the gas prices climbing into the $4 plus range on land and $5 or more at marinas. How much is it going to affect the people fishing? Joe wasn’t the only one that mentioned that to me. He said there seems to be a good variety of fish in northern waters not to mention baitfish. However this past week saw very few reports coming into the shop on the fishing, with Joe saying most were people complaining about the side of the fluke and other fish.
