Fishing near Springfield in Union County, NJ

3.5 Rating based on 14 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Other (Saltwater), Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, Spot, Calico Bass(White Crappie), Trout
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 81
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 60
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Rahway River near Springfield

Rahway River

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Carteret Fishing Pier near Springfield

Carteret Fishing Pier

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Smith Creek near Springfield

Smith Creek

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Top Fishing Spots near Springfield

Lake Surprise
Lake Surprise

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Wilson Park Pond
Wilson Park Pond

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Green Brook
Green Brook

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Weequahic Lake
Weequahic Lake

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Rahway River
Rahway River

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# Reviews:
Views: 4923

Whippany River
Whippany River

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Springfield Area Fish Species

Recent Springfield Fishing Reports

Rising Trout Fishing Report Jun 03, 2011

Rising Trout

Someplace,NJ -

Evening hatch spinner fall Cahill's...

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First Carp Fishing Report Sep 07, 2014

First Carp

Seeley's Pond -

In early August I began my journey into carp fishing. My local fishing spot is over fished and I rarely catch anything other than sunnies. However, wh...

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ELIZABEATH SEAPORT Fishing Report May 19, 2013

ELIZABEATH SEAPORT

ELIZABETH NJ -

FISHING FOR BASS AND BLUES...

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Pond magic time! Fishing Report Jul 12, 2010

Pond magic time!

Rossevelt park, NJ -

I went down to Roosevelt park to do some bassin. I was useing a white booyah pond magic. Just casting along the sides of the lake which hold the most ...

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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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Auther Kill Fishing Report Oct 19, 2012

Auther Kill

Auther Kill -

Started out in the bay, but it turned nasty with strong wind, white caps and a fast drift. Looked for a sheltered area in the Kill and only caught one...

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Baits and Tackle used near Springfield

Check Prices

  • Killie/ Gulp combo
  • Cast net
  • Killie & Squid Combo
    Killie & Gulp Combo
    Gulp & Squid
  • used live eels
  • Spinners
    Topwater lures
    Worms
    Corn
  • Yellow Gulp
    Spearing
    Fluke belly
  • Chummed the waters with old ground up bait.

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

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

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

Soft Baits Check Prices

  • Chartreuse salamander, Senko

Minnow Check Prices

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

Lizard Check Prices

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

Crankbait Check Prices

  • Craw fish thingy
  • craw fish thingy
  • Jointed

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • Texas Rigged Worm with no weight.

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

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

Wet Fly Check Prices

  • wollybugger,olive, conehead

Herring Check Prices

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • Just hook up a night crawler and get fishing

Dry Fly Check Prices

  • Emergers, Duns, and Spinners

Blade Bait Check Prices

Worm Check Prices

  • 4" Watermelon Yamamoto, Texas rigged
  • Just bouncing a green rubber worm around the lilly pas and BAM!!

Grub Check Prices

  • real slow

Panfish Jig Check Prices

  • trout mag

Other Check Prices

  • Corn
  • Fresh Clams
  • Earth Worms Threaded through spider wire
  • peanut bunker live & motor oil worms
  • Fat heads
  • power bait
  • clams and blood worms
  • clams

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