[Joeblowv1]

Carnegie lake is definitely on my list to check out. I drove by not that long ago and it was bigger than I had thought. I tend to shy away from Princeton though as the people can be a bit....snobbish?

I got my yak late last year (Pandemic made kayaks unobtanium and of course I decided I wanted one at just the wrong time) like after labor day late. As such I only got about 6-8 trips out or so.

Went to lake mercer - 2-3 times, Prospertown once, Assunpink once, Manasquan reservoir once. Needless to say I came up empty handed as I'm getting my feet wet with Kayak fishing so to speak.

If I had to pick a favorite, Prospertown is pretty nice, not too far from me (about 25 mins) and has some good variety of depths/lots of little coves/not too crowded. My uncle has said he pulls some decent size pickerel out of there from time to time.

Lake Mercer gets pretty busy, lots of people meandering in front of my truck while I'm trying to back up to drop my boat, people in their own worlds/in the way while you're trying to get in/out of the water, etc. etc. If I go back I'll definitely check out the "north" / post road side.