Rockaway and Passaic River Fishing

[acabtp]

in the rockaway river just upstream of the confluence with the passaic, is the sharkey's landfill superfund site. there was/is extensive groundwater contamination from the dumping operations at the site. i don't fish there.
http://www.epa.gov/Region2/superfund/npl/0200573c.pdf
if you go, don't get into or stir up the mud

upstream from there (north of rts 46/80) should be ok

[Chrisper4694]

yeah, don't mind the sewage treatment pipes though hahaha

[briansnat]

20 years ago I lived on Old Bloomfield within walking distance of the Rockaway. I'd freuently see people fishing where Old Bloomfield crosses the river but never tried it myself. Until last summer. I was on my way to the Passaic to do some shore fishing when I passed over the Rockaway and figured Id give it a shot.I climbed down to the spit of land that juts into the river right by the bridge and found one of the most disgusting, litter strewn areas I ever encountered (and that's saying a lot in NJ), I turned right around. No way was I fishng among that filth.