[Pondhopper8]

I grew up in Rahway. Fished the Rahway river, Robinson’s branch, Rahway park and clark reservoir religiously as a kid. Start below Clark resevoir at Madison hill road and work your way down to the falls at Milton lake. And then follow Robinson’s branch on all the way to downtown Rahway. Crappie, bass, carp and catfish are your main players. Start below bloodsgood and fish Rahway river down to jackson pond. Then fish the river below jackson pond through the park and continue to the confluence of the Robinson’s branch and Rahway river in downtown rahway at wheatena park. There are some big carp in the Rahway park section and wheatena park. As you go further into the tidal section of the Rahway river small stripers come up to the Lawrence street bridge by the Dairy Queen there and around back around the incinerator and Rahway yacht club area if you can get a kayak in somewhere. We use to catch white perch in the river behind the Rahway park lake in the spring right before the St George avenue bridge. White grubs, culprits, and sluggos were my main lures growing up. Caught some big bass in Clark resevoir if you can find access anywhere. I spent most of my days on a bike with my buddies fishing those stretches. I’m 37 so this was a while ago, and I don’t know how much the river has changed. Some big nostalgia writing this lol good luck 👍