Fishing Report For Round Valley Reservoir, NJ

By Rick Seaman

May 9, 2025

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Fishing Report Round Valley Reservoir, NJ

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Popular Fish Species Round Valley Reservoir, NJ

Lake Trout

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good

Lake trout season, January 1 through September 15, allows anglers a limit of one fish daily at a minimum of 20 inches. To protect the spawn, catch and release is in effect from September 16 to November 30. The lakers here are being caught on live herring, and a variety of lures while trolling with down riggers or lead line. They feed on herring, shad and small fish, so lures imitating baitfish, sunfish or small trout are good choices. Other choices include nightcrawlers, corn or Berkeley Power Crawlers. Flashy spoons can be fished at any depth, either jigging, trolling or cast and retrieve. For big lakers, use larger baits.

Rainbow Trout

Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

Round Valley Reservoir is managed as a trophy trout lake, with a 12-inch minimum length limit, and a daily limit of a 2 fish combination of brown and rainbow trout. Anglers are catching nice rainbows trolling at around 25 feet deep, over deeper water, often relating to river channels or structure below. Late last Fall shoreline anglers were catching trout with spinners, swimbaits, corn, nightcrawlers and meal worms.This is the best time for fishing from the bank.

Largemouth Bass

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

Due to the popularity of trout fishing here, bass fishing often gets overlooked. There are plenty of bass to be caught, and locals are reporting a wide variety of lures are catching largemouth bass'. Basic bass baits like Texas-style worms and jigs always catch fish. Jerkbaits have been working since mid April. Patience, with long pauses, has paid off with some nice bass. As the water warms, bass here will move shallow to spawn, and reaction baits will catch a lot of fish. Vibrating jigs, spinnerbait and crankbaits have historically been good through Summer. Topwater is just beginning to get a little action, and should improve as the water warms.

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Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, channel catfish, white catfish, rainbow trout, brown trout, lake trout and bluegill at Round Valley Reservoir in New Jersey.

Round Valley Reservoir is a 2,300-acre lake with almost 10 miles of shoreline. This trophy trout lake offers some of the finest trout fishing in the state. Bass, catfish and bluegill also thrive here, and offer good fishing for non-trout fishing enthusiasts.

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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".