Anyone fish Butler Pond or Taylor lake in Essex?

[flyboy1]

ive driven past these water areas a bunch of times when i go to fish Orange Res in West Orange (south mountain res). Has anyone ever tried fishing there? both water areas are by the intersection of john f kennedy pkwy/ s.orange ave-rt 510

[thomaskgrosvenor]

For some reason, I happened upon some information that made me see if Butler Pond was private property so I asked Livingston Police and this was their response to me:


Thomas,

Butler Pond is located on private property owned by the City of East Orange and is part of the East Orange Water Reserve. As far as I know the city does not allow anyone to access this property and I can advise you that they have pressed trespassing charges in the past for individuals who have been observed on their property.

Craig M. Handschuch
Chief of Police
Livingston Police Department

[thomaskgrosvenor]

I am going to find out about Taylor Lake and email East Orange Water about Butler Pond. I will post my findings. Just giving a heads up, obviously you can do as you want, its just my personal preference to not be concerned about the possibility of trespassing.

[thomaskgrosvenor]

I have wanted to check those waters out myself.

[thomaskgrosvenor]

Regarding Taylor Lake:

Thomas,


Taylor Lake is also located on private property owned by the City of East Orange and is part of the East Orange Water Reserve. Again, as far as I know the city does not allow anyone to access this property. Also, There is no access to this area from JFK Parkway.

Craig M. Handschuch

Chief of Police

Livingston Police Department

333 South Livingston Avenue

Livingston, NJ 07039

[thomaskgrosvenor]

Sorry for buttin in on your thread, but I am waiting to hear back from City of East Orange. I will post what they say if they get back to me. Basically finding out for myself but just sharing the info with the njfishing community.