Burnham Park Ponds

Burnham Park Ponds covers 8.14 acres in Morris County. Dependable maximum-depth and storage-volume figures were not found for Burnham Park Ponds, so those measurements should not be guessed.

What to Expect at Burnham Park Ponds

Because Burnham Park Ponds is only 8.14 acres, a careful bank-by-bank approach is more useful than constant moving.

Fish and Useful Baits at Burnham Park Ponds

Fish reported from Burnham Park Ponds include black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, chain pickerel, largemouth bass, longear sunfish, and yellow perch. Rainbow trout is also stocked in Burnham Park Ponds.

Bass

Largemouth bass in Burnham Park Ponds can be searched with a spinnerbait before a Texas-rigged worm is worked through the best cover.

Crappie, Perch and Sunfish

Slow vertical presentations around wood and suspended cover are dependable for Burnham Park Ponds crappie. Bluegill and other sunfish in Burnham Park Ponds take worms, crickets and tiny jigs along shade and vegetation. Keep a small jig, minnow or worm close to the bottom when perch are the target on Burnham Park Ponds.

Chain Pickerel

Chain pickerel in Burnham Park Ponds can be found with spoons, spinnerbaits and small swimbaits along vegetation.

A Simple Fishing Plan for Burnham Park Ponds

Keep one search bait and one slower follow-up bait ready so a short feeding window is not wasted on Burnham Park Ponds. Then compare vegetation, shaded shoreline and changes from soft to firm bottom around Burnham Park Ponds before searching open water.

When to Fish Burnham Park Ponds

A sunny spring afternoon can pull Burnham Park Ponds fish toward dark bottom, wood and new vegetation. Summer fish in Burnham Park Ponds may feed shallow at dawn before settling beside cover or deeper structure. Cooling water can bring Burnham Park Ponds fish back to points and banks where bait gathers.