Fishing near Butler in Morris County, NJ

3.65 Rating based on 15 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Trout, Yellow Perch, Rainbow Trout, Calico Bass(White Crappie), Brook Trout
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 67
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 39
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Butler Fishing Photos

crappie near Butler

crappie

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bass near Butler

bass

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Brookie near Butler

Brookie

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Wanaque River Red Breasted Sunfish near Butler

Wanaque River Red Breasted Sunfish

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Great Day of trout Fishing! near Butler

Great Day of trout Fishing!

Beautiful scenery...
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Male Rainbow near Butler

Male Rainbow

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Top Fishing Spots near Butler

Wanaque River
Wanaque River

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Pompton River
Pompton River

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# Reviews:
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Ramapo River
Ramapo River

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Pompton Lake
Pompton Lake

Avg. Rating: 3.667
# Reviews: 3
Views: 9246

Ramapo Lake
Ramapo Lake

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# Reviews:
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Splitrick Reservoir
Splitrick Reservoir

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Butler Area Fish Species

Recent Butler Fishing Reports

Kakeout resevior  Fishing Report May 16, 2011

Kakeout resevior

Kinnelon, NJ -

private resevior need permit...

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Trout Fishing Somewhere I Wasn't Supposed to Be... Fishing Report Apr 05, 2009

Trout Fishing Somewhere I Wasn't Supposed to Be...

Pequannock River (Near Pequannock) -

A friend and I went out trout fishing just to outside on a beautiful morning. Little did we know the trout were "on fire." From the 2nd cast...

Avg. Rating: 5
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Bassin is fishin Fishing Report Jun 01, 2012

Bassin is fishin

Pompton Lakes -

early morning Bass fishing.....

Avg. Rating: 3
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sunset on pompton lake Fishing Report May 06, 2008

sunset on pompton lake

Pompton Lake -

went out on the lake after work with my flyrod and a conehead wollybugger and caught 9 crappies 1 yellow perch and my first largemouth on a fly...

Avg. Rating: 4
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Mac Donalds Lake Fishing Report Jul 18, 2009

Mac Donalds Lake

Wayne, NJ -

Nice little lake, clear water, nice bass. I've caught several every time I've gone. ...

Avg. Rating: 3
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Ramapo Lake Fishing Report Aug 05, 2009

Ramapo Lake

Mahwah, nj -

Nice reservoir just 15 min. hike from parking lot in Ramapo Mtn State Forest. ...

Avg. Rating: 3
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Baits and Tackle used near Butler

Check Prices

  • Small Gold-Colored Spinner and Double-Blade Spinner with White Skirt
  • Small gold-colored spinner and double-blade spinner with white skirt.
  • power bait

Soft Baits Check Prices

  • Chartreuse salamander, Senko

Roundhead Jig Check Prices

  • Jighead itza-bug trailer

Minnow Check Prices

  • Live shiners, top water baits shallow crank bait. Troll in deeper water

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • heddon Torpedo topwater
  • TOPWATER SPINNERBAIT

Jerk Bait Check Prices

Fly (Other) Check Prices

Crankbait Check Prices

  • Jointed
  • tried out this live target crankbait by koppers.. Wow

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • Texas Rigged Worm with no weight.

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • Number 2 spinner with slow retrieve... Got'em all day!
  • I was fishing spinners all day and they were really on...
  • Slow retrieve
  • swim jigs w/trailers

Wet Fly Check Prices

  • wollybugger,olive, conehead

Dry Fly Check Prices

  • Emergers, Duns, and Spinners

Blade Bait Check Prices

Worm Check Prices

  • 4" Watermelon Yamamoto, Texas rigged
  • Texas-Rigged Worm with bullet sinker.
  • Most plastics were Texas rigged. I also use a Rapala on the rocky side of the lake.
  • Just bouncing a green rubber worm around the lilly pas and BAM!!

Other Check Prices

  • hot dogs
  • power bait
  • Fat heads
  • Marabou and Tube jigs caught YPerch Bluegills a PSeed and a LMBass.Spoons didn't work.
  • Corn

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