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Pickerel & Eel

juvenile

Chain Pickerel

This fish is prone to over-populate whatever waters it is in, with the result that few get very big, instead, there are large numbers of small ones. They actually do pretty well in an aquarium, as long as you provide them with a steady supply of live minnows. They are not aggressive towards anything they cannot swallow.

what it looks like from the boat

-- Wikipedia


American Eel

Eels are typically only seen at night. Pencil-sized young are common. Yearlings that have just come in from the sea are 3-4 inches. After many years in freshwater, these eels go back out to sea to spawn, and then die. Eels are extremely slimy, you don't want to handle one.

-- Wikipedia


Bergen County
( 40.93616, -74.10576 )

  1. Branch Brook Park ( 40.75077, -74.18305 )
  2. Green Turtle Lake - West Milford ( 41.14896, -74.32896 )
  3. Greenwood Lake - Hewitt ( 41.15252, -74.34682 )
  4. Hackensack River - Bergenfield ( 40.92835, -74.03023 )
  5. Hackensack River - Foschini Park ( 40.88477, -74.03524 )
  6. Hackensack River - Meadowlands ( 40.80747, -74.05723 )
  7. Hackensack River - Secaucaus (S) ( 40.76390, -74.08685 )
  8. Hackensack River - Secaucus (N) ( 40.80552, -74.04345 )
  9. Hudson River - Fort Lee ( 40.85176, -73.95950 )
  10. Hudson River - Hastings-on-Hudson NY ( 40.99739, -73.88466 )
  11. Hudson River - Inwood Hill Park NY ( 40.86947, -73.93208 )
  12. Hudson River - JFK Park Yonkers NY ( 40.95639, -73.89738 )
  13. Hudson River - Nyack NY (N) ( 41.11999, -73.91239 )
  14. Hudson River - Nyack NY (S) ( 41.08745, -73.91558 )
  15. Hudson River - Piermont NY ( 41.04248, -73.91583 )
  16. Liberty State Park - Jersey City ( 40.69768, -74.06520 )
  17. Monksville Reservoir - West Milford (N) ( 41.14241, -74.30055 )
  18. Monksville Reservoir - West Milford (S) ( 41.12695, -74.30127 )
  19. Monksville Reservoir - West Milford (W) ( 41.13686, -74.30684 )
  20. Mountain Lake - Denville ( 40.88952, -74.44225 )
  21. Newark Bay - Bayonne ( 40.66284, -74.13305 )
  22. Newark Bay - Rutkowski Park ( 40.68882, -74.11216 )
  23. Orange Reservoir - Rahway River ( 40.75964, -74.28903 )
  24. Overpeck Creek - Teaneck ( 40.86648, -74.00077 )
  25. Passaic River - Chatham ( 40.73795, -74.37159 )
  26. Passaic River - East Hanover (N) ( 40.82749, -74.33529 )
  27. Passaic River - East Hanover (S) ( 40.82581, -74.33332 )
  28. Passaic River - Elmwood Park ( 40.90965, -74.13188 )
  29. Passaic River - Fairfield ( 40.89775, -74.27988 )
  30. Passaic River - Hawthorne ( 40.93992, -74.15224 )
  31. Passaic River - Kearny ( 40.76313, -74.15933 )
  32. Passaic River - Livingston ( 40.77879, -74.36862 )
  33. Passaic River - Memorial Park ( 40.92865, -74.14193 )
  34. Passaic River - Newark ( 40.73326, -74.15206 )
  35. Passaic River - Nutley ( 40.81175, -74.13909 )
  36. Passaic River - Passaic ( 40.86506, -74.11144 )
  37. Passaic River - Riverside County Park (N) ( 40.81865, -74.13348 )
  38. Passaic River - Riverside County Park (S) ( 40.80182, -74.13801 )
  39. Passaic River - Rutherford ( 40.82349, -74.12280 )
  40. Passaic River - Veteran's Park ( 40.85042, -74.11898 )
  41. Peaquannock River - Appelt Park ( 41.00189, -74.31640 )
  42. Peaquannock River - Riverdale ( 40.99137, -74.29694 )
  43. Peaquannock River - Riverdale Rd ( 40.98818, -74.29319 )
  44. Peckman River - Cedar Grove ( 40.85861, -74.22711 )
  45. Pines Lake - Pompton ( 40.98952, -74.26212 )
  46. Pompton River - Follari Tract ( 40.98011, -74.29032 )
  47. Pompton River - Lincoln Park ( 40.91475, -74.27182 )
  48. Pompton River - River Drive ( 40.98153, -74.29748 )
  49. Potash Lake - Ramapo River ( 41.02250, -74.25936 )
  50. Rahway River - South Mountain ( 40.73112, -74.30704 )
  51. Rahway River - Springfield ( 40.70824, -74.30186 )
  52. Ramapo River - Glen Gray Rd ( 41.05339, -74.22408 )
  53. Ramapo River - Great Oak Park ( 41.01630, -74.26106 )
  54. Ramapo River - Halifax Rd ( 41.08543, -74.18332 )
  55. Ramapo River - Pompton Lake (E) ( 41.00056, -74.27621 )
  56. Ramapo River - Pompton Lake (N) ( 41.00602, -74.27796 )
  57. Ramapo River - Pompton Lake (W) ( 41.00392, -74.28272 )
  58. Ramapo River - Ramapo Reservation ( 41.07835, -74.18937 )
  59. Ramapo River - Stiles Park ( 40.98695, -74.28014 )
  60. Ramapo River - West Mahwah ( 41.10486, -74.15591 )
  61. Rockaway River - Boonton ( 40.91556, -74.42705 )
  62. Rockaway River - Denville (E) ( 40.89625, -74.47500 )
  63. Rockaway River - McCarter Park ( 40.89122, -74.47349 )
  64. Rockaway River - Montville ( 40.89893, -74.37344 )
  65. Rockaway River - Pine Brook ( 40.86608, -74.35202 )
  66. Rockaway River - Towpath Rd ( 40.90322, -74.46364 )
  67. Rockland Lake - Nayak NY ( 41.14291, -73.92742 )
  68. Saddle River - County Park ( 40.97559, -74.09215 )
  69. Saddle River - County Park (N) ( 40.91908, -74.08952 )
  70. Saddle River - County Park (S) ( 40.91051, -74.08955 )
  71. Saddle River - Dunkerhook ( 40.94610, -74.09835 )
  72. Saddle River - Lodi ( 40.88361, -74.08428 )
  73. Saddle River - Saddle River ( 41.03307, -74.10117 )
  74. Shepherd Pond - Ringwood ( 41.13571, -74.23189 )
  75. Split Rock Reservoir - Rockaway ( 40.96274, -74.45808 )
  76. Verona Lake - Montclair ( 40.82705, -74.24588 )
  77. Wanaque River - Back Beach Park ( 41.03504, -74.28571 )
  78. Wanaque River - Hershfield Park ( 40.99313, -74.28983 )
  79. Weequahic Lake - Newark ( 40.70570, -74.19775 )
  80. Whippany River - Whippany ( 40.81921, -74.44021 )
  81. White's Pond - Waldwick ( 41.01724, -74.13142 )
  82. Woodcliff Lake - Hillsdale ( 41.02150, -74.04133 )