Lake Rickonda near Ringwood: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Look for Lake Rickonda in the Passaic County part of New Jersey. The surface lies 617 feet up. At roughly 7 acres, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. Ringwood lies 3 miles from the water. For a city, Paterson is 15 miles off. Others worth noting: Monksville Reservoir at 0.7 miles, 0.8 miles away is Harrison Mountain Lake Sonoma at 1.9 miles, 2.2 miles away is Wanaque Reservoir and Carpi Lake at 2.6 miles. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Lake Rickonda

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Points where the flooded channel swings in are the reliable ones. Levels move with the draw rather than the rain on water like this. Fish documented in Passaic County include brown trout, walleye and brook trout. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. On Lake Rickonda the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 72°F, while January sits near 26°F. A long season, with weather mattering more than the month. In a normal year the cover is thin and short-lived. Late winter often fishes better here than midsummer does. That shapes the year on Lake Rickonda.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Monksville Reservoir, 0.7 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Lake Rickonda should be assumed from this page alone.