Menantico Ponds, NJ : lake contour map?

[Ole man Fazul]

I will be fishing Menantico Ponds with a kayak tomorrow. I've only been there twice and fished the banks. 

 

Does any one have any tips for locating the deep areas? I'm stumped on finding any hydrographic maps for this spot. 

 

Any help is appreciated!!!

[Ole man Fazul]

No LMBs but hooked up with this beauty. 

Thanks for looking! 

[Fallser]

Nice perch.  Topo maps are available, but don't show the water depth in the ponds.  One thing you might try  is using the satellite view in Google maps.  I do that to check out lakes I'm not familiar with.  You can get an idea of what the ponds look like.  You can see the deeper areas by the change in water color, even see some of the structure.

 

 

[moguy1973]

Navionics has some contours on it's webapp sonar chart, but there aren't many as it looks rather shallow.

 

[Ole man Fazul]

1 hour ago, moguy1973 said:

Navionics has some contours on it's webapp sonar chart, but there aren't many as it looks rather shallow.

 

This is extremely helpful! Thank you! 

[T.J.]

Genesis free C-Map has most of the pond covered. 
https://www.genesismaps.com/SocialMap/Index
 

 

[Ole man Fazul]

19 minutes ago, T.J. said:

Genesis free C-Map has most of the pond covered. 
https://www.genesismaps.com/SocialMap/Index
 

 

Wow! Thank you! I was not going to post my question to the community but man o man am i glad i did! 

[YoTone]

crazy to be fishing this time of year.

[Ole man Fazul]

2 hours ago, YoTone said:

crazy to be fishing this time of year.

Yes, I cannot argue with your assessment.?

[YoTone]

Ive fished there in the summer a few years back. but i fished the sand pits.  actually caught my first bass out of my kayak there. did you end up going?

 

[Ole man Fazul]

On 1/25/2021 at 9:41 PM, YoTone said:

Ive fished there in the summer a few years back. but i fished the sand pits.  actually caught my first bass out of my kayak there. did you end up going?

 

I did. Perch, small lmb, and a chain pickerel. Overall nice fishing outing until the rain got heavy. I like that place. Quiet and lots of opportunities from either the banks or the yak. Now that I know the deep spots I'll have more confidence. Felt blind when I first went there.