Cranberry Lake is a reservoir in New Jersey, near Sussex County.
Cranberry Lake covers 192.74 acres in Sussex County. Dependable maximum-depth and storage-volume figures were not found for Cranberry Lake, so those measurements should not be guessed.
Cranberry Lake covers 192.74 acres in Sussex County and is part of New Jersey’s northern-pike management program.
Vegetation, shallow flats and nearby depth changes are the main working features. Pike and pickerel fit the weed edges, while crappie and bass can gather near wood and openings in cover.
Official hatchery reports list Cranberry Lake among the waters receiving northern-pike fingerlings. That stocking gives anglers a larger predator beyond the lake’s bass and pickerel.
Fish reported from Cranberry Lake include black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, chain pickerel, channel catfish, common carp, largemouth bass, longear sunfish, northern pike, and yellow perch.
When largemouth bass hold tight to cover on Cranberry Lake, a compact jig or weedless worm is more useful than repeated open-water casts.
Slow vertical presentations around wood and suspended cover are dependable for Cranberry Lake crappie. Bluegill and other sunfish in Cranberry Lake take worms, crickets and tiny jigs along shade and vegetation. Keep a small jig, minnow or worm close to the bottom when perch are the target on Cranberry Lake.
Pike fishing on Cranberry Lake is best suited to weed edges, a wire leader and a moving lure that covers water. For Cranberry Lake pickerel, cover weed edges with a flashy moving lure and use a short leader when bite-offs become common.
For Cranberry Lake channel cats, place cut bait or a nightcrawler along the creek channel and give the bait time to work. Bullheads at Cranberry Lake will take worms and small pieces of cut bait presented close to soft bottom. Common carp in Cranberry Lake can be targeted with corn or dough bait on a simple bottom rig.
On Cranberry Lake, choose a repeatable feature such as a point, channel turn, wood line or weed edge and test several examples before changing lures. Before leaving a productive-looking section of Cranberry Lake, change retrieve speed or depth once so location and presentation are not changed at the same time.
Early spring on Cranberry Lake calls for a slow presentation near the first break outside protected water. At midday in summer, Cranberry Lake anglers should slow down beside shade, weeds or a nearby depth change. Fall on Cranberry Lake is a good time for small crankbaits and swimbaits around moving forage.
Use a spoon or spinnerbait to cover weed edges, then switch to a soft plastic around isolated openings for bass. Keep a small jig ready for perch and crappie where the weeds thin out.
A medium spinning rod with 8- to 10-pound line handles jigs, small crankbaits and live-bait rigs on Cranberry Lake. Add a stout outfit, stronger leader material, long pliers and proper release tools for the larger pike-family fish in Cranberry Lake.
It is included in New Jersey’s hatchery-supported northern-pike stocking program.
Pike often use the outside edge and larger openings, while pickerel commonly hold tighter to shallow vegetation.
Follow the clean outside edge and cast into defined holes instead of forcing every lure through solid vegetation.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.
Source dates describe the evidence, not a live catch forecast. Check the managing authority before planning access or keeping fish.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
Source checked:
This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
Source checked:
This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
Source checked:
This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.