Fishing near Summit, New Jersey

New Jersey puts Summit inside Union County. Everything below is within a morning of the door. First the close ones: Briant Pond barely 1.5 miles, Lake Surprise barely 1.8 miles to the south, Echo Lake barely 3.0 miles and Diamond Mill Pond barely 3.2 miles to the east. The wall end of Briant Pond gives depth without needing a boat. Engineering, not nature, shaped most of these. Steeper banks give depth without a boat. Ice comes and goes from one winter to the next. It is not guaranteed from one year to the next. At 4 acres, Briant Pond is the closest water to town. Parking is recorded at Briant Pond. Fish documented across Union County include pumpkinseed, bluegill and largemouth bass. Bring more than one plan, because the wind decides a lot here. Bank access ranges from a made path to nothing at all. Union County anglers treat Briant Pond as the everyday option....