Rosedale Lake is a reservoir in New Jersey, near Mercer 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.
Rosedale Lake covers 30.32 acres in Mercer County. Dependable maximum-depth and storage-volume figures were not found for Rosedale Lake, so those measurements should not be guessed.
At 30.32 acres, Rosedale Lake is small enough to fish methodically but large enough for one shoreline to differ from another.
Fish reported from Rosedale Lake include black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, chain pickerel, channel catfish, common carp, largemouth bass, longear sunfish, and yellow perch. Brown trout and rainbow trout are also stocked in Rosedale Lake.
Begin the largemouth search on Rosedale Lake with a moving bait, then pick apart wood or weeds with a worm.
A soft-plastic minnow or live minnow placed beside cover is a sound crappie approach on Rosedale Lake. For sunfish on Rosedale Lake, keep a cricket or tiny jig close to weed edges and shaded wood. For Rosedale Lake yellow perch, work a light jig slowly along the first firm-bottom break.
Chain pickerel in Rosedale Lake can be found with spoons, spinnerbaits and small swimbaits along vegetation.
Use a moving lure to locate the first active stretch, then slow down on the exact cover that produced a bite on Rosedale Lake. Then compare the incoming-water end of Rosedale Lake with the dam side and any point that reaches the old channel.
On Rosedale Lake, spring fish often move onto protected banks before the open basin warms. Summer fishing on Rosedale Lake is usually best at low light, beside shade or along the outside edge of healthy cover. During fall at Rosedale Lake, revisit creek mouths and main points with baitfish-sized lures.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.