Friend of mine's son who lives in Mendham religiously sends me pictures of fish his boy catches from a private lake there. Assume it's the same place you tried fishing. Huge channels and some really nice large mouth in that lake. Couldn't believe the size and quantity of channels he was pulling out and this kid doesn't really know how to fish. Too bad you couldn't fish it but at the same time if it weren't private I assume there wouldn't be fish that size in there or at least thaequantity of fish that size. Plenty of places to fish in the state but if you know someone who can provide you access to that lake it's worth checking out.