Fishing near Ocean Acres, New Jersey

This is Ocean Acres, a New Jersey town in Ocean County. The nearest bank is a drive rather than a walk. Working outwards: Holiday Lake a touch under 1.0 miles, Manahawkin Lake a touch under 3.1 miles to the south, Wells Mills Reservoir a touch under 3.4 miles with Deer Head Lake a touch under 8.4 miles to the north-east. Standing timber shows on Holiday Lake when the level falls, and it holds fish. Nearly all of it is impounded. Look for the line where sand gives way to silt. Some years give ice and some give none. In milder years there is nothing to walk on at all. Closest is Holiday Lake at around 42 acres of water. Fish documented across Ocean County include bluegill, pumpkinseed, white perch, chain pickerel and largemouth bass. Reservoirs make up most of the choice here. All of the above sit within reach of Ocean Acres, which is the practical point....