Burnham Pond/Fayson Lakes/Morris County

[jwb219]

Hey everyone so I want to really get into freshwater fishing this year now that I am home from college for the summer and have the time to devote myself to get past aimlessly throwing a random lure from the nearest lake's bank hoping something will hit and was hoping for a few pointers. I fished Burnham Pond this morning from 8-10 but with no luck due to all the weeds from the banks on either pond. The upper pond had some absolutely massive trout that were popping through the surface and boy were they pissed off and hungry. The lower pond had a few sunnies and some pretty small bass swimming around. I tried a topwater lizard and a white grub on both ponds but every cast only returned a lure full of weeds and plants. I live in the Montville/Kinnelon/Boonton area and I heard Fayson Lakes could be a good spot. Any help with places to fish/what lures to use would be greatly appreciated. I just happened to be in Morristown today which is why I fished Burnham but closer places would be greatly preferred. Feel free to DM me as well if you don't want to reveal any secrets to the whole world! Thanks in advance for the help everyone!

P.S. I do have a decent amount of fishing experience and am hardly just picking up a rod for the first time. I grew pretty much explicitly saltwater fishing fluke and stripers as my dad was a saltwater guy and we only fished a small amount of freshwater up at our home in Vermont on vacations. We managed to somehow land a few large mouths over the years on a good old classic red devil at Lake Whitingham up there