Anyone fish Butler Pond or Taylor lake in Essex?
 

ive driven past these water areas a bunch of times when i go to fish Orange Res in West Orange (south mountain res). Has anyone ever tried fishing there? both water areas are by the intersection of john f kennedy pkwy/ s.orange ave-rt 510

Re: Anyone fish Butler Pond or Taylor lake in Essex?
 

For some reason, I happened upon some information that made me see if Butler Pond was private property so I asked Livingston Police and this was their response to me:


Thomas,

Butler Pond is located on private property owned by the City of East Orange and is part of the East Orange Water Reserve. As far as I know the city does not allow anyone to access this property and I can advise you that they have pressed trespassing charges in the past for individuals who have been observed on their property.

Craig M. Handschuch
Chief of Police
Livingston Police Department

Re: Anyone fish Butler Pond or Taylor lake in Essex?
 

I am going to find out about Taylor Lake and email East Orange Water about Butler Pond. I will post my findings. Just giving a heads up, obviously you can do as you want, its just my personal preference to not be concerned about the possibility of trespassing.

Re: Anyone fish Butler Pond or Taylor lake in Essex?
 

I have wanted to check those waters out myself.

Re: Anyone fish Butler Pond or Taylor lake in Essex?
 

Regarding Taylor Lake:

Thomas,


Taylor Lake is also located on private property owned by the City of East Orange and is part of the East Orange Water Reserve. Again, as far as I know the city does not allow anyone to access this property. Also, There is no access to this area from JFK Parkway.

Craig M. Handschuch

Chief of Police

Livingston Police Department

333 South Livingston Avenue

Livingston, NJ 07039

Re: Anyone fish Butler Pond or Taylor lake in Essex?
 

Sorry for buttin in on your thread, but I am waiting to hear back from City of East Orange. I will post what they say if they get back to me. Basically finding out for myself but just sharing the info with the njfishing community.

Re: Anyone fish Butler Pond or Taylor lake in Essex?
 

3.5 year old thread guys :rolleyes:

Re: Anyone fish Butler Pond or Taylor lake in Essex?
 

Sorry, I am special ed with social media and all things social for that matter which is probably why I have so much time to fish but anyway I got a response from East Orange regarding Taylor Lake and Butler Pond:


Mr. Grosvenor:



Taylor Lake and Butler Pond are located in the East Orange Water Reserve, owned by the City of East Orange Board of Water Commissioners. Fishing and other prohibited activates are considered trespassing which may lead to criminal prosecution.



Thank you for reaching out to us first. Should you have any questions please contact me directly.



Best regards.



Sean M. Andres

Water Department

Engineering Division

City of East Orange

BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS

99 South Grove Street, East Orange, NJ 07018

O: (973) 266-8869 ▪ F: (973) 672-7312 ▪ C: (973) 390-2123

Re: Anyone fish Butler Pond or Taylor lake in Essex?
 

Well, now we know, ive wanted to know that question for a while now, i was gonna throw a kayak in there. There is a spot in Livingston called Littell People's park that has some big lmbs and channels. About 6 or 7 minutes from taylor and butler