Fishing near South Plainfield in Middlesex County, NJ

3.33 Rating based on 6 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Other (Saltwater), Striped Bass, Spot, Largemouth Bass, Bluefish, Calico Bass(White Crappie)
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 70
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 47
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South Plainfield Fishing Photos

Rahway River near South Plainfield

Rahway River

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Millstone River Near D & R Canal near South Plainfield

Millstone River Near D & R Canal

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Smith Creek near South Plainfield

Smith Creek

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Bass at millpond near South Plainfield

Bass at millpond

Caught on houdini shad
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Bass near South Plainfield

Bass

Caught on small sunfish, millpond
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Big Bass near South Plainfield

Big Bass

Caught pn a Shad color ZOOM houdini shad millpond
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Top Fishing Spots near South Plainfield

Roosevelt Park Pond
Roosevelt Park Pond

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Rahway River
Rahway River

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Green Brook
Green Brook

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Westons Mill Pond
Westons Mill Pond

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Raritan River
Raritan River

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Washington Flats
Washington Flats

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South Plainfield Area Fish Species

Recent South Plainfield Fishing Reports

Pond magic time! Fishing Report Jul 12, 2010

Pond magic time!

Rossevelt park, NJ -

I went down to Roosevelt park to do some bassin. I was useing a white booyah pond magic. Just casting along the sides of the lake which hold the most ...

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First Carp Fishing Report Sep 07, 2014

First Carp

Seeley's Pond -

In early August I began my journey into carp fishing. My local fishing spot is over fished and I rarely catch anything other than sunnies. However, wh...

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Raritan River Flounder Fishing Report Aug 07, 2008

Raritan River Flounder

Raritan River, south side of the Parkway bridge -

Fished on the south side of Parkway bridge in the channel and cought two 18 in flounders and five 14-17 in. shorties....

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Eel Fishing Fishing Report Aug 07, 2008

Eel Fishing

Raritan River Flats -

Went out to fish for Eel's so that I coul use them for both bait and chum. We cought about 45 Eel's that ranged in sizes from 15 inches to 36 ...

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Farm pond Metler's Lane Fishing Report May 08, 2015

Farm pond Metler's Lane

Farm Pond - Metler's Lane -

Had a great two hours of fishing! I normally don't put fish on the stringer unless I plan on eating them.
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awesome Fishing Report Jul 06, 2010

awesome

lawrence brook -

i went fishing with hockeyjohnson. i caught a bass and 4 red breasts. i caught them with a craw fish lour. it was at lawrence brook....

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Baits and Tackle used near South Plainfield

Check Prices

  • Spinners
    Topwater lures
    Worms
    Corn
  • Cast net
  • Killie/ Gulp combo
  • Killie & Squid Combo
    Killie & Gulp Combo
    Gulp & Squid
  • Yellow Gulp
    Spearing
    Fluke belly
  • Chummed the waters with old ground up bait.

    Peanut bunker
    Squid
    Killies
  • bunker chunks,clams
  • used live eels
  • used clam & frozen bunker
  • spearing

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • Chucks of spot
  • Sand worms
  • clam
  • netted fresh bunk er live linening and using heads. lots of bluefish on cut, mostly bass on live.
  • BLACK WORMS

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • The hula popper I was using looked like a frog the cup was red and the skirt of it was black

Lizard Check Prices

  • Strike King KVD Perfect Plastic Hawg in Green Pumpkinseed with coffee and salt scent/flavor

Crankbait Check Prices

  • Craw fish thingy
  • craw fish thingy

Bass Jig Check Prices

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • A white Booyah pond magic
  • Slow retrieve

Herring Check Prices

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • Just hook up a night crawler and get fishing
  • Drifted, floated worms

Dry Fly Check Prices

  • Emergers, Duns, and Spinners

Worm Check Prices

Grub Check Prices

  • real slow

Panfish Jig Check Prices

  • trout mag

Other Check Prices

  • Corn
  • Earth Worms Threaded through spider wire
  • Fresh Clams
  • clams and blood worms
  • peanut bunker live & motor oil worms
  • clams
  • bunker chunks

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