Fishing Report For Greenwood Lake, NJ
By Rick Seaman
May 28, 2025
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Popular Fish Species Greenwood Lake, NJ
Walleye




Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good
Although ice fishing here for walleye wasn't much to brag about. Spring and Fall are the best season for catching walleye. Since the ice started melting, anglers are finding walleye in the shallows, especially rocky areas. They will spawn in Spring, then move to flats, shoals and ledges off shore. Throughout Summer, early in the morning and from dusk to long after dark are good times to catch walleye, as they move shallow to feed. They primarily feed on baitfish, and other small fish, close to the bottom. Jigs tipped with shiners or nightcrawlers is an old stand-by here, and are still catching lots of walleye from 3 to 7 pounds. Blade baits, swimbaits and spoons are also popular lure choices. Local anglers are catching walleye using deep-diving crankbaits, and worm harness spinners while trolling.
Black Crappie



Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Very Good To Excellent
Greenwood Lake is reported by many to be the best crappie fishing lake in the entire area. Lots of slabs over a pound are common, with 2-pounders caught quite often. Spring is the premiere time to be on the water as crappie move into shallow coves to spawn. Expect to find crappie in 3 to 6 feet of water. Docks, timber, brush piles,and vegetation are all good places to cast small crappie jigs or live minnows. Once the spawn is over, and the hot Summer sun warms the shallows, crappie retreat to depths of 10 to 20 feet or deeper. Light tackle with 4 lb to 8 lb line is ideal. Anglers report success using fish finders and forward facing sonar to locate schools of crappie, which tend to stack vertically around cover.
Smallmouth Bass




Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Very Good
While largemouth are growing bigger in Greenwood Lake, smallies are still the favored fish of many local bass enthusiasts. Smallmouth are more comfortable in colder water, and tend to get aggressive sooner after ice-out. Mid-range crankbaits, jerkbaits, Ned rigs and tube baits are all catching some nice fish here. Smallmouth fishing here is often quite good on cold, windy, cloudy and rainy days. Now that the the spawn is basically over, these smallmouth are getting aggressive and feeding heavily. The water temperatures are in the mid 70's, so early and late in the day topwater is catching shallow smallmouth, and should continue be effective throughout the warmer months.
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Fish species to fish for...
Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, channel catfish, black crappie, walleye, bluegill, yellow perch, chain pickerel, muskie and tiger muskie at Greenwood Lake in New Jersey.

Greenwood Lake is a 1,900-acre lake with nearly 70 miles of shoreline. Half of the lake is in NY, half in NJ. Bass, catfish, crappie, walleye, bluegill, perch pickerel and muskie all thrive here. Options for fishing from the bank are somewhat limited.
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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".

Contact Information
Greenwood Lake
South Shore Marina
1880 Greenwood Lake TPKE
Hewitt, NJ 07421
973 728-1681
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