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Reservoir Wanaque Reservior (New Jersey) — one of the area's fishing spots. About 8.5 km² in area. Nearest town — Paterson. This page shows an hourly bite forecast for today and the week ahead; the algorithm factors in the weather, atmospheric pressure, and the moon phase.
Nearest towns and cities
Look for drop-offs and gaps in the weeds, retrieve slowly, lingering over promising spots.
Wanaque Reservior — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Weather is steady, with no sharp swings — fish behave predictably. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 18:00–20:00.
The computed water temperature is around 60 °F — inside the 57–75 °F comfort range for Black crappie, so baseline activity is high.
Black crappie works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is rising 0.06 inHg over the day — the bite usually settles down after a rise.
One more input — the moon's feeding windows: within their hours the score sits higher than across the rest of the day. The window times are in the “Solunar feeding periods” card below.
October is an active season for Black crappie here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Clear · feels like +56°
The day is 3 min shorter than yesterday.
Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.
Geomagnetic fieldG1 geomagnetic storm, Kp 4.7
Kp index — NOAA data. Not part of the bite score: catches show no link between geomagnetic storms and the bite.
The windows are set by the moon's transit and rise, and the forecast above already accounts for them: within these hours the bite score sits higher than across the rest of the day, while the day's overall level still comes from the catch-calibrated model.
What are solunar periods?Other nearby places to fish
Other nearby waters
The shoreline is heavily indented — bays, points and spits. Look for pike at the mouths of the bays and on the drop-offs behind the points. There are many islands: the water is broken up by drop-offs and the channels between them. The largest water around: all 19 neighbours are smaller.
The wind builds its wave along the north — south axis — 6 mi of open water; along west — east there is only 3 mi. When it runs down the main axis, the calm water sits against the bank it blows from, while the wave and the silt go to the far one — and the fish follow them there to feed.
Blue check: this species appears as a catch in reports for this waterbody.
Look for drop-offs and gaps in the weeds, retrieve slowly, lingering over promising spots.
Wanaque Reservior — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Weather is steady, with no sharp swings — fish behave predictably. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 18:00–20:00.
New Jersey: the months when each species peaks and when it goes quiet. The current month is outlined.
| Fish | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White crappie | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | active | active | active | active | active |
| Black crappie | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | active | active |
| Muskellunge | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Striped bass | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | slow | slow |
| Walleye | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Yellow perch | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Pike | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair |
| Smallmouth bass | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | slow | slow |
| White bass | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Largemouth bass | fair | fair | active | active | active | active | active | active | fair | fair | fair | fair |
| Rainbow trout | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Carp | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Bluegill | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Channel catfish | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
Biting
Fish in 2 of 2 reports · Mostly Largemouth bass
Anglers have logged 2 fishing reports here. Most commonly caught: Largemouth bass. Peak season: January–May.