Fishing near West Milford in Passaic County, NJ
- Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Trout, Yellow Perch, Calico Bass(White Crappie), Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
- # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 73
- # of reports within 25 miles: 38
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Clinton Reservoir 07-18-2010
This place is BEAUTIFUL! I can't wait to go back when it gets a little cooler and after Labor Day.Added by: jerseyjohn
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Top Fishing Spots near West Milford
Clinton Reservoir
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Echo Lake
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Upper Greenwood Lake
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Canistear Reservoir
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Monksville Reservoir
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Wawayanda Lake
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West Milford Area Fish Species
Recent West Milford Fishing Reports
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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May 16, 2011
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privatewest milford, nj - small pond... |
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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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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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Nov 29, 2011
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Shore Fishing late November at Cupsaw LakeCupsaw Lake - Fished the swim club and diving board areas from shore today for about 2 hrs.Caught several Yellow Perch and Bluegills ,a Pumpkinseed and one Largemou... |
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Aug 05, 2009
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Ramapo LakeMahwah, nj - Nice reservoir just 15 min. hike from parking lot in Ramapo Mtn State Forest. ... |
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Baits and Tackle used near West Milford
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...
- swim jigs w/trailers
- Slow retrieve
Wet Fly Check Prices
- wollybugger,olive, conehead
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.
Blade Bait Check Prices
Worm Check Prices
- Texas-Rigged Worm with bullet sinker.
- 4" Watermelon Yamamoto, Texas rigged
- 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
- Marabou and Tube jigs caught YPerch Bluegills a PSeed and a LMBass.Spoons didn't work.
- power bait
- Fat heads