Laurel Pond is a lake in New Jersey, near Sussex County.
Stocking records show that the following fish or strains were stocked here. A historical stocking does not by itself prove that a self-sustaining population remains today.
Laurel Pond covers 9.69 acres in Sussex County. Dependable maximum-depth and storage-volume figures were not found for Laurel Pond, so those measurements should not be guessed.
Because Laurel Pond is only 9.69 acres, a careful bank-by-bank approach is more useful than constant moving.
Fish reported from Laurel Pond include black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, chain pickerel, largemouth bass, longear sunfish, and yellow perch. Brown trout is also stocked in Laurel Pond.
Largemouth bass in Laurel Pond can be searched with a spinnerbait before a Texas-rigged worm is worked through the best cover.
Crappie anglers on Laurel Pond should count the jig down beside brush until the holding depth becomes clear. A small float, light line and a piece of worm are enough for Laurel Pond bluegill around cover. Perch anglers on Laurel Pond should stay mobile until several bites come from the same depth.
Chain pickerel in Laurel Pond can be found with spoons, spinnerbaits and small swimbaits along vegetation.
Keep one search bait and one slower follow-up bait ready so a short feeding window is not wasted on Laurel Pond. Then compare vegetation, shaded shoreline and changes from soft to firm bottom around Laurel Pond before searching open water.
A sunny spring afternoon can pull Laurel Pond fish toward dark bottom, wood and new vegetation. Summer fish in Laurel Pond may feed shallow at dawn before settling beside cover or deeper structure. Cooling water can bring Laurel Pond fish back to points and banks where bait gathers.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.