Fishing near Franklin in Sussex County, NJ
- Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Trout, Yellow Perch, Calico Bass(White Crappie), Rainbow Trout
- # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 64
- # of reports within 25 miles: 30
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Top Fishing Spots near Franklin
Pequannock River
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Canistear Reservoir
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Oak Ridge Reservoir
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Wallkill River
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Lake Mohawk
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Clinton Reservoir
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Franklin Area Fish Species
Recent Franklin Fishing Reports
Jun 23, 2011
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Fishing for recovery..Private lake in Sparta - PJ and I were out to a private lake after work yesterday at 5:30pm. Got there with the thunderstorms. As we waited for the lightning to leave, we got ... |
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May 07, 2010
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Local LakeUpper Lake - Sparta NJ - Went fishing last week one night from 5 - 7:30 PM and caught 6 LM Bass. Here are some pictures of the larger ones... |
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Jul 19, 2010
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Clinton ReservoirClinton Reservoir - Me and 2 friends went out to Clinton Reservoir for the first time this year. We got there around 6:00am and by 6:30am we were catching. The fish seeme... |
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Jun 14, 2010
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My "Secret" Honey HoleI can't tell... - We pulled up around 5:05AM and started hiking in shortly after. Ahhh, to cut a long story short we "KILLED" 'em Sunday!!!... |
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Jun 04, 2011
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NJ Fishing TripNorth Jersey Pond - Went back to north Jersey to fish with my brother in some small walk-in ponds. Found a heck of a spot and nailed a ton of fish in very little time. Be... |
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Apr 05, 2009
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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... |
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Baits and Tackle used near Franklin
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 Swimbait Check Prices
- Had no luck with the crank baits.
The sunfish stripping the worms from the hooks.
We hooked by using soft swimbaits tip with a small piece of worm.
Wet Fly Check Prices
- wollybugger,olive, conehead
Soft Baits Check Prices
- Chartreuse salamander, Senko
Roundhead Jig Check Prices
- Unpainted jig tipped with 3 or 4 inch curley tail grub has been my favorite here. Spinnerbaits and crank baits work well also
Minnow Check Prices
- Live shiners, top water baits shallow crank bait. Troll in deeper water
Fly (Other) Check Prices
Worm Check Prices
- Texas-Rigged Worm with bullet sinker.
- 4" Watermelon Yamamoto, Texas rigged
- Just bouncing a green rubber worm around the lilly pas and BAM!!
- Most plastics were Texas rigged. I also use a Rapala on the rocky side of the lake.
Crankbait Check Prices
- Jointed
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
Other Check Prices
- hot dogs
- Marabou and Tube jigs caught YPerch Bluegills a PSeed and a LMBass.Spoons didn't work.
- power bait
- Fat heads