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Lake Information for Lake Hopatcong
Lake Hopatcong is the largest freshwater body in the state of New Jersey, USA, approximately 4 square miles (10 km²) in area. The lake is located in the mountains of northern New Jersey, north of Netcong and along the border between Sussex and Morris counties.
With the probable exception of the Delaware River, Lake Hopatcong is home to the greatest variety of gamefish species of any waterway in New Jersey.
The lake is within the borders of four municipalities, Hopatcong, Jefferson Township, Roxbury Township, and Mount Arlington. In the eighteenth century, the lake existed in two separate parts known as the "Great Pond" on the south and "Little Pond" on the north.
A natural body of water, the area of the lake has been enlarged by the damming of the Musconetcong River, its natural outlet, on the southern side of the lake.
Several species of trout are stocked each year, although they have not typically held over and survived the summers, due to an absence of cold, deep, oxygenated pockets of water in the lake. Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, sunfish, yellow and white perch, rock bass, crappie, chain pickerel, channel catfish, bullhead, and carp all inhabit the lake. Eels also have been caught. Hybrid striped bass, walleye, and most recently, muskellunge have all been stocked successfully within the last few decades and now are thriving. Catfish also are stocked from time to time. The main forage is the abundant alewife herring, (Clupea vernalis), the basis of the lake's fish food chain.
Businesses Located Nearby
Bait & Tackle
- Totowa Bait & Tackle Shop
- 10 Albion Ave - Paterson, NJ
- (973) 956-0825
- Yoj Sports
- 196 Main St, #A - Andover, NJ
- (973) 786-7382
- Jack's Bait & Tackle
- 551 City Island Ave - Bronx, NY
- (718) 885-2042
Boat Rental
- Dow's Boat Rental
- 145 Nolans Point Rd - Lake Hopatcong, NJ
- (973) 663-3826
- Barnes Brothers Marina
- 11 Windermere Ave - Mt Arlington, NJ
- (973) 398-0251
- Northwood Boat Works Incorporated
- 352 Lakeside Ave - Lake Hopatcong, NJ
- (973) 663-3214
Vacation Rental
- Remarkablemovers
- 1531 E 17th St - Brooklyn, NY
- (718) 627-9292
- Fairmont Plaza Hotel
- 768 5th Ave - New York, NY
- (212) 759-3000
- Hilton-New York
- 1335 Avenue Of The Americas - New York, NY
- (212) 586-7000
Bar and Restaurant
- Nick's Grill Bar & Restaurant
- 136 Us-46 - Netcong, NJ
- (973) 347-2132
- Silvana's Bar & Restaurant
- 337 E Blackwell St - Dover, NJ
- (973) 442-0699
- North Jersey Bar & Restaurant
- 15 N Salem St, #C - Dover, NJ
- (973) 989-8202
