Fishing near Orange in Essex County, NJ

3.9 Rating based on 10 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Other (Saltwater), Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, Spot, Calico Bass(White Crappie), Trout
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 80
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 59
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Top Fishing Spots near Orange

Weequahic Lake
Weequahic Lake

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Passaic River
Passaic River

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Whippany River
Whippany River

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Columbia Lake
Columbia Lake

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Newark Bay
Newark Bay

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Wilson Park Pond
Wilson Park Pond

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Orange Area Fish Species

Recent Orange Fishing Reports

I Can't Tell... Fishing Report Apr 06, 2010

I Can't Tell...

New Jersey Restricted Areas -

It was a little chilly around 5:50am. We had to leave early while it was still dark to get into where we had to get. Overall, we caught about 80 fish ...

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Created by: jerseyjohn
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Rising Trout Fishing Report Jun 03, 2011

Rising Trout

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Evening hatch spinner fall Cahill's...

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ELIZABEATH SEAPORT Fishing Report May 19, 2013

ELIZABEATH SEAPORT

ELIZABETH NJ -

FISHING FOR BASS AND BLUES...

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fishing in bayonne vets park Fishing Report May 13, 2013

fishing in bayonne vets park

bayonne nj newark bay -

fishing for bass and blues in a big storm with fresh bunker all blues no bass fish were on the small side but fun ...

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Created by: gjb1969
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danhert's Fishing Report May 16, 2011

danhert's

Garfield, NJ -

small pond...

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Danhert's Lake Fishing Report May 16, 2011

Danhert's Lake

Garfield nj -

Small pond...

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Baits and Tackle used near Orange

Check Prices

  • power bait
  • used live eels
  • Small gold-colored spinner and double-blade spinner with white skirt.
  • Small Gold-Colored Spinner and Double-Blade Spinner with White Skirt
  • Chummed the waters with old ground up bait.

    Peanut bunker
    Squid
    Killies
  • Yellow Gulp
    Spearing
    Fluke belly
  • Killie & Squid Combo
    Killie & Gulp Combo
    Gulp & Squid
  • Killie/ Gulp combo
  • Cast net
  • bunker chunks,clams

Soft Baits Check Prices

  • Chartreuse salamander, Senko

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • netted fresh bunk er live linening and using heads. lots of bluefish on cut, mostly bass on live.
  • Chucks of spot
  • BLACK WORMS
  • Sand worms
  • clam

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

Lizard Check Prices

  • Strike King KVD Perfect Plastic Hawg in Green Pumpkinseed with coffee and salt scent/flavor

Crankbait Check Prices

  • tried out this live target crankbait by koppers.. Wow
  • Jointed
  • craw fish thingy
  • Craw fish thingy

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • Texas Rigged Worm with no weight.

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • Slow retrieve
  • A white Booyah pond magic
  • 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

Wet Fly Check Prices

  • wollybugger,olive, conehead

Herring Check Prices

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Dry Fly Check Prices

  • Emergers, Duns, and Spinners

Blade Bait Check Prices

Worm Check Prices

  • 4" Watermelon Yamamoto, Texas rigged
  • Most plastics were Texas rigged. I also use a Rapala on the rocky side of the lake.
  • Texas-Rigged Worm with bullet sinker.

Other Check Prices

  • Corn
  • Fat heads
  • power bait
  • Fresh Clams
  • peanut bunker live & motor oil worms
  • hot dogs
  • Earth Worms Threaded through spider wire
  • clams and blood worms
  • Marabou and Tube jigs caught YPerch Bluegills a PSeed and a LMBass.Spoons didn't work.
  • clams

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