Fishing Report For Union Lake, NJ

By Rick Seaman

March 11, 2025

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Fishing Report Union Lake, NJ

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Popular Fish Species Union Lake, NJ

Largemouth Bass

Current Report: Fair To Good
Outlook: Poor Good To Very Good

Union Lake has an exceptional amount of vegetation, which is ideal cover for largemouth bass. Locals report good topwater action with buzzbaits and frogs, once the water temperature rises into the 50's. When these bass won't rise for topwater, vibrating jigs and spinnerbaits are popular, and catch a lot of fish. The lake has smallmouth bass as well. Many local anglers are throwing stick worms, rigged Texas style or wacky style, around the vegetation, stumps, and rocky shorelines toward the dam.

Black Crappie

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good To Excellent

Crappie find the brush, stumps and vegetation in Union Lake, much to their liking. This thick cover also enhances the growth with both fertile water and cover. Locals report fishing has been good with plenty of slabs running over a pound. Spring is the premiere time to be on the water as crappie move into shallow coves to spawn. Successful anglers are casting small crappie jigs or live minnows. Light tackle with 4 lb to 8 lb line is ideal. Using a bobber, and experimenting to find the best depth for the day, is enhancing catches.

Yellow Perch

Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Very Good

Unlike crappie, yellow perch are caught primarily during the colder months, from Fall through early Spring. Yellow perch are quite fun to catch in winter when ice fishing. However, they are being caught year round. Jigs and underspins, tipped with minnows or plastics are popular baits here. A healthy, stable population of yellow perch reside here, providing a steady food source for bass, pike and catfish, plus they provide fun fishing for anglers, as well as tasty table fare. White perch also reside here, and both species are being caught around the edges of weedy areas.

Fish species to fish for...

Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, channel catfish, black crappie, bluegill, pumpkinseed sunfish, white perch, yellow perch and chain pickerel at Union Lake in New Jersey.

Union Lake is a 900-acre lake in the south-central part of the state. Anglers can check out about 10 miles of shoreline. Bass, catfish, crappie, sunfish, perch and pike all await anglers at this scenic fishing lake.

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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".