Fishing near Rutherford, New Jersey

Look for Rutherford in the Bergen County part of New Jersey. About 18,690 people live here. Here is the order: Hughes Lake on 2.2 miles away, Kingsland Creek on 3.2 miles away to the south, Dahnerts Lake on 3.7 miles away, Hackensack River on 3.9 miles away to the south then Great Notch Reservoir on 5.8 miles away. Great Notch Reservoir drops its level through a dry spell, so follow the water down. It caps in a hard winter only. In milder years there is nothing to walk on at all. The water types here vary widely. Stony ground fishes better than mud in the cold. The nearest of them, Hughes Lake, covers about 2 acres. Parking is recorded at Hughes Lake. County records name bluegill, pumpkinseed and brown trout among the fish present. You have a mixed set of waters to pick from. Hughes Lake is the one most people from Rutherford fish first....