Union County Channel Catfish

[xxmonitorlizardxx]

Are there any places in Union County where I could fish for nice sized channels. I've tried echo lake but only caught bullhead.
Thanks

[Eskimo]

Follow this link.
Just scroll down to the Channel catfish Stocking Summaries.

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/fish_ch_cat.htm

[shucker]

Ive caught some in rahway river, the stretch from winfield park to rahway park is your best bet.

[FASTEDDIE29]

Elizabeth ave rahway river. This time of year snappers, schoolie stripers, channel cats and a while back those lil mackerel used to come in. Biggest channel I ever saw was looking down off the bridge in like 1989, this thing was bigger than the 20 lb carp we were catching, hell this cat was TWICE the size of the carp.

[shucker]

Wow that spot brings back memories,good spot was where the 2 rivers meet at the bend.

[xxmonitorlizardxx]

Maybe it is just me but when I checked for this place on google maps. I saw weequahic park rather than rahway.

[FASTEDDIE29]

Yea theres a little park there, a walking path or something. :D

[xxmonitorlizardxx]

How is Warinanco? I see that there are alot of bullhead. But maybe if I use a sunny...

[tycomps]

I live on the border of union county and somerset county and find the bulls common in just about all ponds, lakes, rivers, and large stream pools (about pound size on average). if you want to go a little farther I caught about a 7 or 8lb channel in the D&R canal catfish night.