Fishing near Bayonne, New Jersey

Look for Bayonne in the Hudson County part of New Jersey. It works better as a base than as a bank. In the order you would reach them: Brooks Lake lies 3.1 miles beyond, Silver Lake Reservoir lies 3.2 miles beyond to the south, Clove Lake lies 3.5 miles beyond, Cameron Lake lies 5.0 miles beyond to the south and Stump Pond lies 5.5 miles beyond. Clove Lake is the plain first choice: find the weed edge, then work the drop behind it. The freeze is occasional rather than yearly. Even in a cold year it comes and goes. You get real variety inside a short radius. The inflow end wakes up first in the year. The first on the list, Brooks Lake, measures about 3 acres. Brooks Lake is the easiest to reach with a car. Across Hudson County, recorded fish include striped bass, white perch, American eel, common carp and goldfish. If Brooks Lake is busy, everything else on this list is quieter....