Fishing near Madison, New Jersey

Madison is a Morris County town, on the New Jersey side. Roughly 16,126 live in the town itself. Closest first: Silver Lake within 2.8 miles to the west, Commonwealth Water Company Reservoir Number Three within 3.5 miles, Spring Lake within 3.7 miles to the north-west, Taylor Lake within 4.4 miles then Lake Pocahontas within 4.6 miles to the north-west. Silver Lake answers to the pipe rather than the rain, so the level moves oddly. Dammed water makes up most of the list. The first drop-off out from the margin is where to start. Ice here is the exception, not the rule. A hard week rarely lasts long enough to matter. The first on the list, Silver Lake, measures about 14 acres. The thaw usually comes near mid March. Across Morris County, recorded fish include brown trout, brook trout, northern pike and bluegill. Silver Lake is the closest thing Madison has to a home water....