Potash Lake is a lake in Bergen County, New Jersey.
Stocking records show that the following fish or strains were stocked here. A historical stocking does not by itself prove that a self-sustaining population remains today.
Potash Lake covers 22.45 acres in Bergen County. Dependable maximum-depth and storage-volume figures were not found for Potash Lake, so those measurements should not be guessed.
At 22.45 acres, Potash Lake is small enough to fish methodically but large enough for one shoreline to differ from another.
Fish reported from Potash Lake include black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, chain pickerel, channel catfish, largemouth bass, longear sunfish, and yellow perch. Rainbow trout is also stocked in Potash Lake.
When largemouth bass hold tight to cover on Potash Lake, a compact jig or weedless worm is more useful than repeated open-water casts.
Crappie at Potash Lake respond to a small jig or live minnow beside brush and suspended cover. Use a tiny jig or natural bait under a float when fishing Potash Lake for bluegill and related sunfish. A small minnow or worm on a light rig fits yellow perch fishing at Potash Lake.
For Potash Lake pickerel, cover weed edges with a flashy moving lure and use a short leader when bite-offs become common.
Start with an easy-to-repeat feature, such as a point, creek turn or outside weed edge on Potash Lake. Then compare vegetation, shaded shoreline and changes from soft to firm bottom around Potash Lake before searching open water.
A sunny spring afternoon can pull Potash Lake fish toward dark bottom, wood and new vegetation. Summer fish in Potash Lake may feed shallow at dawn before settling beside cover or deeper structure. Cooling water can bring Potash Lake fish back to points and banks where bait gathers.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.