Burnham Park Pond

[Skunk City]

Is that the pond on High Mountain Road in Haledon?

[Hookmanski]

Originally Posted by Skunk City

Is that the pond on High Mountain Road in Haledon?

It's actually just outside of Morristown, right off Mendham Ave.

[njfish4life]

I have fished there for several years in the spring. The guy was 100% correct- in the summer that place gets really choked up with weeds. I used to catch a ton of pickerel there but that has decreased over the years. The top pond does have some nice bass too.

[youngdumbandfulloffish]

I work in Florham Park and fished it one day when I got out early. Caught 2 pickerel and saw a couple decent size bass cruising.

Out at 1 on Friday. May swing by with the warmer weather everything should be awake.

[baetis]

Originally Posted by Skunk City

Is that the pond on High Mountain Road in Haledon?

That's Oldham pond.


Burnham pond has poor returns on stocked trout.

[Hookmanski]

Originally Posted by baetis

Burnham pond has poor returns on stocked trout.

You're right about that, nobody caught any trout there yesterday. I'm considering hitting it again after work today, but I'm looking to see if there is anything better in the surrounding area before i do.

[23cardinal]

Originally Posted by Hookmanski

You're right about that, nobody caught any trout there yesterday. I'm considering hitting it again after work today, but I'm looking to see if there is anything better in the surrounding area before i do.

Where's work?
I do pretty well in chocolate milk with bait- some times power cheese or a marshmallow floater leading to a worm or meal worm. Also had a lot of luck on mid water fish in dirty water over the weekend with a mealie/waxworm down about 3 feet from a bobber

[Hookmanski]

Originally Posted by 23cardinal

Where's work?
I do pretty well in chocolate milk with bait- some times power cheese or a marshmallow floater leading to a worm or meal worm. Also had a lot of luck on mid water fish in dirty water over the weekend with a mealie/waxworm down about 3 feet from a bobber

I work up in Englewood Cliffs, but my woman lives in Chatham so I've been trying to find some good places near there I cant stop off at after work. If you have any recommendations let me know!

[23cardinal]

Are you opposed to a detour? Could take 80-287 and hit the rockaway in boonton.

If no the passiac runs all thru there and gets plenty of stockies.

The whippany river also has some decent areas and some wild trout streams attached to it

My area is def too far

[Hookmanski]

Originally Posted by 23cardinal

Are you opposed to a detour? Could take 80-287 and hit the rockaway in boonton.

If no the passiac runs all thru there and gets plenty of stockies.

The whippany river also has some decent areas and some wild trout streams attached to it

My area is def too far

Thanks for the tips! I get out of work at varying times, so some days a detour is doable and other days its not. I tried the passaic but the stretch near my girlfriends place is really fast moving and deep, I fished it once and got no bites, but I've heard its a great fishery in other spots.