Kayak Fishing In Norther NJ

Hello, I am new to Kayak fishing (started last year) and I am wondering if anyone can recommend some good places for freshwater fishing in the North Jersey area.

Some ideas
For lakes:

Green Turtle Pond (Awosting)

Monksville Reservoir

Pompton Lake

Splitrock Reservoir (Rockaway Twp)

Budd Lake

Wawayanda Lake (landlocked salmom!)

Swartswood Lake

And more towards central Jersey…

Spruce Run Reservoir

Round Valley Reservoir

Merrill Creek Reservoir



Rivers and streams:

Passaic River (between Chatham and Paterson-big Pike)

Ramapo River

Musconetcong River

Pompton River

Paulinskill River










stay away from
Lake Hopatcong, that is until they catch the 15’+ snake (Boa or Anaconda - not sure yet) that is loose in the area. Some dumb *!ck let it loose when it got too big for his cage.



Some nice spots to hit include the upper delaware river for some lazy paddling. Spring is great for trout and small mouth bass - perhaps even a few hybrid stripers.