Fishing Quick Pond in Sussex County, New Jersey

• Overview

  Within Sussex County, New Jersey, you have Quick Pond. It sits at 948 feet above sea level. Around 42 acres of surface means several distinct areas to work. The whole outline is near 1.3 miles, and most of it is walkable. Compared with other New Jersey water on our list, it sits high. Crandon Lakes at 1 mile is the nearest place to stop. Paterson sits 39 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Quick Pond

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Public occurrence data for Sussex County names brook trout, brown trout, walleye, bluegill and pumpkinseed. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Read Quick Pond for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 70°F at the top of summer and 24°F at the bottom of winter. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late March. Break-up near late March, freeze-up near late December: that is the shape of an average year. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Anyone fishing Quick Pond regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Failing this one, try Crandon Lakes, 0.6 miles away. Treat access at Quick Pond as something to verify.