Fishing near Mountain Lakes in Morris County, NJ

3.79 Rating based on 17 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Trout, Yellow Perch, Rainbow Trout, Calico Bass(White Crappie), Brook Trout
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 75
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 38
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Boonton Reservoir near Mountain Lakes

Boonton Reservoir

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Split Rock Reservoir 07/26/2008 near Mountain Lakes

Split Rock Reservoir 07/26/2008

Off Rt. 80 West Rockaway/Hibernia Exit near Green Pond Road.
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Split Rock Reservoir near Mountain Lakes

Split Rock Reservoir

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Split Rock Resevoir near Mountain Lakes

Split Rock Resevoir

It was a very tough hike. I had to park about a mile and a half from resevoir and hike in thry tough terrain. There is a parking lot on the other side but that it overfished.
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crappie near Mountain Lakes

crappie

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bass near Mountain Lakes

bass

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Top Fishing Spots near Mountain Lakes

Boonton Reservoir
Boonton Reservoir

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Splitrick Reservoir
Splitrick Reservoir

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Shongum Lake
Shongum Lake

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Whippany River
Whippany River

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Burnham Park Ponds
Burnham Park Ponds

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Green Pond
Green Pond

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Mountain Lakes Area Fish Species

Recent Mountain Lakes Fishing Reports

Reservoir in North Jersey... Fishing Report Apr 19, 2009

Reservoir in North Jersey...

Reservoir in North Jersey... -

I went here at 12:30PM and didn't really think we would catch much. I was DEAD wrong!!! My third cast of the day brought in a nice Smallmouth Bass...

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Split Rock 07/26/2008 Fishing Report Jul 26, 2008

Split Rock 07/26/2008

Split Rock Reservoir -

Started out way in the back past the islands around 6:00 or 6:15. I hooked into the Smallmouth around 6:45 on a small gold colored spinner. It was 1lb...

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Split Rock Resevoir  09/22/08 Fishing Report Sep 25, 2008

Split Rock Resevoir 09/22/08

Split Rock Resevoir in Rockaway New jersey -

I went out with my buddy about 6:00am and we had non-stop action......

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Kakeout resevior  Fishing Report May 16, 2011

Kakeout resevior

Kinnelon, NJ -

private resevior need permit...

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My "Secret" Honey Hole Fishing Report Jun 14, 2010

My "Secret" Honey Hole

I 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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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...

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Baits and Tackle used near Mountain Lakes

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

Fly (Other) Check Prices

Crankbait Check Prices

  • Jointed

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • Texas Rigged Worm with no weight.

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

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

Wet Fly Check Prices

  • wollybugger,olive, conehead

Dry Fly Check Prices

  • Emergers, Duns, and Spinners

Blade Bait 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.

Other Check Prices

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

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