Dear Ron,
Although I have never been to JC Pond I have fished other stock-and-take ponds and lakes up in the Salem Area. While I have met some very nice and very helpful fellow anglers, it is sad to note that the ratio of these good people to the much less neighborly and messy fishermen is at least 1:40.
You are correct in your observation of angling behaviors on the part of this larger group. You or me might see someone hook a fish, and if we are close by we would quickly reel in our gear so that the person with the fish on will have room to work if needed. On the other hand, I have seen people literally sprint all the way from the far side of the pond to where the fish vs angler fight is in progress, only to throw their gear almost right on top of the attempted catch. I guess the theory is that if one just had luck here, I will too. I can't be too judgmental in this however, because I know that some people are angling to catch their daily food supply. Still, most of this group is just wanting a catch, and they are the same group seen running over when the stocking truck arrives so that they can cast into the discharge.
In regard to the littering, some people are lazy, some people are just that way. I grew up in a very clean house while living at what the government considered just above the poverty level (both parents private school teachers and seven siblings). I will never forget my amazement when I was a new police officer, being dispatched to a house with a littered yard and an interior stacked with trash, diapers, pet droppings and rotten food. I figured that this was just an anomaly, until I started seeing house after house after house in this condition. So maybe the cause is that these litterers just don't know any better.
EJ