Kakeout Reservoir

Kakeout Reservoir is a reservoir in Morris County, but a dependable acreage figure was not found. Dependable maximum-depth and storage-volume figures were not found for Kakeout Reservoir, so those measurements should not be guessed.

What to Expect at Kakeout Reservoir

Without trustworthy acreage or depth figures for Kakeout Reservoir, the safest approach is to read the water in front of you instead of assuming it fishes like another lake with the same name.

Fish and Useful Baits at Kakeout Reservoir

Fish reported from Kakeout Reservoir include black crappie, bluegill, chain pickerel, channel catfish, largemouth bass, and yellow perch.

Bass

Largemouth bass in Kakeout Reservoir can be searched with a spinnerbait before a Texas-rigged worm is worked through the best cover.

Crappie, Perch and Sunfish

A soft-plastic minnow or live minnow placed beside cover is a sound crappie approach on Kakeout Reservoir. For sunfish on Kakeout Reservoir, keep a cricket or tiny jig close to weed edges and shaded wood. For Kakeout Reservoir yellow perch, work a light jig slowly along the first firm-bottom break.

Chain Pickerel

Chain pickerel in Kakeout Reservoir can be found with spoons, spinnerbaits and small swimbaits along vegetation.

A Simple Fishing Plan for Kakeout Reservoir

Keep one search bait and one slower follow-up bait ready so a short feeding window is not wasted on Kakeout Reservoir. Then compare the incoming-water end of Kakeout Reservoir with the dam side and any point that reaches the old channel.

When to Fish Kakeout Reservoir

Spring at Kakeout Reservoir favors warming coves, feeder mouths and protected spawning banks. Once summer heat settles over Kakeout Reservoir, work the deepest active cover instead of assuming every fish has moved to the bottom. Windblown points on Kakeout Reservoir become worth checking when autumn baitfish move shallow.