Tilcon Pond/Lake

[TheFonz]

I was curious if anyone has fished their, I heard it was difficult to fish on land because of the terrain. I was going to try my luck for the land lock salmon that were stocked. Has anyone caught any their, if so whats the best tackle to use..Thanks!

[gratefuldad]

http://www.nj.gov/dep/fgw/salmon.htm

[TheFonz]

perfect thank u for the link

[buzzbaiter]

I was curious if anyone has fished their, I heard it was difficult to fish on land because of the terrain. I was going to try my luck for the land lock salmon that were stocked. Has anyone caught any their, if so whats the best tackle to use..Thanks!

Its not easy because of a number of factors such as very steep banks dropping off into seemingly bottomless water and dense shrubbery in other spots. I have bushwhacked my way all around but its a lot of effort for few fish. There is also dense weed growth in the shallower areas further hindering fishing. It fished much better years ago when it was first bought. U could fish for half a day and not see anybody. Alas anglers couldn't keep their mouths shut and with the NJDFGW also promoting it, its become SRO on weekends now with 8-10 cars parked by the gate if not more. It should have been managed differently with either no-kill bass and/or some sort of panfish limit as well. Its sort of unique fishery in that when the Musky floods(like REALLY high), it partially flows into there providing more fish.

[ChaosStarter]

Its not easy because of a number of factors such as very steep banks dropping off into seemingly bottomless water and dense shrubbery in other spots. I have bushwhacked my way all around but its a lot of effort for few fish. There is also dense weed growth in the shallower areas further hindering fishing. It fished much better years ago when it was first bought. U could fish for half a day and not see anybody. Alas anglers couldn't keep their mouths shut and with the NJDFGW also promoting it, its become SRO on weekends now with 8-10 cars parked by the gate if not more. It should have been managed differently with either no-kill bass and/or some sort of panfish limit as well. Its sort of unique fishery in that when the Musky floods(like REALLY high), it partially flows into there providing more fish.


It was formerly classified as a Trophy Bass lake. Now it's a "Suck our asses" bass anglers lake.

[birddog]

I do very well there ice fishing, decent amount of nice bass and lots of pickerel. This year I saw lots of guys keeping the bass. If you have a kayak or canoe the drag from the gate is not bad and would be a lot better that shore fishing.

[zhitoman]

Can I get directions?:)

[birddog]

80 west, 206 north, left on waterloo road, left at the concert field, first gate on your left.

[TheFonz]

Thanks for the info and heads up, sounds like its not even worth the trouble unless boated

[zhitoman]

Any nice panfish there that I can catch on ultralight from shore?

[buzzbaiter]

Not sure it was ever a Lunker Bass lake. Currently its Splitrock, Parvin, Assunpink and Delaware.

I think many fish taken through the ice swallow bait(shiners) so its take it or leave it. I've always thought shiners/minnows should be banned ice fishing. Too many fish hooked deep especially pickerel which guys just toss aside on the ice for the crows to pick at. Think about it: by the time the flag goes up and you run over to get it, it could be 15 seconds or more if you have tip-ups spread out far enough. By then that minnow is halfway down a fishes throat. Of course some of the open water bobber guys do the same so I say ban live bait fishing altogether. I'm half joking of course but we do have lure only trout regs for streams so why not lure only other species regs for lakes and ponds? Just a few select lakes. It would be interesting to see what if any affect it would have on fishing success and/or fish pops/sizes.

[ithaca10]

80 west, 206 north, left on waterloo road, left at the concert field, first gate on your left.

The left at the concert field is called Kinney Rd.