Fishing at Lingerts Pond, Hunterdon County, New Jersey

• Overview

  Lingerts Pond is set in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The water sits 240 feet up. This is a pocket water of some 3 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. On size it sits at the modest end of our Hunterdon County list. Clinton lies 0.9 miles from the water. For a city, Edison is 28 miles off. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Lingerts Pond

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Levels move with the draw rather than the rain on water like this. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. Open biodiversity records for Hunterdon County list lake trout, bluegill and brown trout. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Fish Lingerts Pond where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 73°F in July and bottom out at 28°F in January. Some winters cap it and some do not. In milder years the edges alone go, and the middle never sets. April and May are the settled weeks, with October close behind. On Lingerts Pond the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Mapping shows parking within half a mile. Landsdown Meadows covers ground next to the water; its rules will apply on that side. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Spruce Run Reservoir, 1.2 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Lingerts Pond is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.