Fishing near Belleville, New Jersey

In Essex County, New Jersey, sits Belleville. About 36,878 people live here. Running from near to far: Clarks Pond just 2.7 miles, Kingsland Creek just 2.8 miles to the east, Hughes Lake just 3.9 miles, Verona Lake just 5.5 miles to the north-west with Lake Vincent just 5.9 miles. Hughes Lake answers to the pipe rather than the rain, so the level moves oddly. In milder years the surface stays open. None of it should ever be assumed safe. There is more than one sort of water within reach. Anything that breaks the bottom is worth a cast. There is a car park at Clarks Pond, according to mapping. Essex County records cover pumpkinseed, bluegill and largemouth bass. What you have close by is mostly dammed water. Weekday evenings are the quietest time on most of these. A slightly longer drive opens up considerably more. Clarks Pond is the closest thing Belleville has to a home water....