UTERJanuary
Ice pickerel
Pine Barrens tip-ups.
Round Valley to the Pine Barrens
New Jersey freshwater fishing
What's biting in New Jersey freshwater in October: white perch, largemouth bass and smallmouth bass at their peak, with bluegill, channel catfish and white catfish around too. Fish Scouter's season calendar follows 19 fish here month by month, from Round Valley Reservoir to Pine Barrens ponds.
Fall feed
Round Valley's lake trout, Hopatcong's hybrids and muskie, the Delaware's shad and smallmouth, and the Pine Barrens' pickerel ponds.
Round Valley ReservoirLake HopatcongDelaware RiverSpruce RunPine Barrens ponds
Updated
Now · October
Fall feed
Muskie.
Largemouth bassSmallmouth bassChain pickerelMuskellunge (muskie)Rainbow troutBlack crappie (speck)
This month here
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White perch
Largemouth bass
Smallmouth bass
Black crappie (speck)
Yellow perch
Walleye
Northern pike
Muskellunge (muskie)
Chain pickerel
Rainbow trout
Brown trout
Brook trout
Northern snakehead
Bluegill
Channel catfish
White catfish
Brown bullhead
Common carp
The water
Structure that matters
LakeReservoirRiverCreek / streamPond / pitDock / pilingsBridgeBoat ramp
Month by month
What's happening, and what to throwFebruary
Ice fishing
Hopatcong.
March
Trout stocking
Opening day nears.
April
Opening day; shad arrive
Lambertville.
May
Shad peak; bass pre-spawn
Delaware eddies.
June
Bass beds
Hopatcong.
July
Summer smallmouth
Delaware wading.
August
Night bass
Topwater.
September
Fall trout
Stocking.
October · now
Fall feed
Muskie.
November
Pickerel
Cold water.
December
Winter
Ice comes.
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