Saddle River

Last year I walked the Ho Ho Kus Brook, the west branch of the Saddle river.  Now I plan to inspect the Saddle River's eastern branch.  I'm looking for carp in the river in New Jersey.

I visited Otto C. Pehle Pond which is next to the Saddle River.  It has Carp and other fish.
Note the green bush in the center of the photo.  Can you see the ducklings sitting next to it?
If you can not see them look at the photo on top, which is a close up of the same area.

The Otto C. Pehle Pond looking south.  A few seconds earlier a carp had jumped up in
the center of the pond.

The pond looking north.  This area is windless and could hold fish.

Behind the Catholic High School I found a small pond that holds fish.  It is on the east side of
the river.

I was surprised to find something like this here.

The lay out of the Saddle River park reminds me a great deal of the Bronx River Park as it flows through
Westchester county.  Saddle River has a parallel, recreation path which allows cycling, jogging
and even roller skiing!

During my visit the Saddle river was very low But the next day it received 10 mm of rain
in one evening.

What I hoped to locate were pockets of water where fished hold.  I did find some carp but not in the numbers I had imagined.

The Saddle River flows south through much of Bergen County, New Jersey. The river runs through densely populated suburban areas for much of its course.
The headwaters of the Saddle River are in the piedmont terrain of Rockland County, in southern New York state. Streams from this area flow south, forming the Saddle River at their confluence, two miles south of the New York state border, in the town of Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.
From its feeder streams in Upper Saddle River and the source in Airmont, New York, the Saddle River continues south for 16.3 miles, passing through the towns of Saddle River, Waldwick, Ho-Ho-Kus, Ridgewood, Glen Rock, Paramus, Fair Lawn, Rochelle Park, Saddle Brook, Lodi, Garfield, and Wallington.
The Ho-Ho-Kus Brook, a major tributary, joins the Saddle River at the Dunkerhook area of Saddle River County Park. Their confluence marks the border of four Bergen County towns: Ridgewood, Paramus, Glen Rock and Fair Lawn.
The terminus of the Saddle River is at Garfield and Wallington, where the waterway empties into the Passaic River. The Passaic River drains to the sea at Newark Bay.
The northern part of the Saddle River watershed drains an area between the Ramapo River watershed to the west, and the Hackensack River watershed to the east.
Fish species in the Saddle River include largemouth bass, pickerel, bullhead catfish, sunfish and different varieties of trout. Most of the trout are stocked by the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife [1], although the uppermost reaches of the river and some of its tributaries hold wild brown trout. These wild trout are threatened by increased residential use of lawn fertilizer which contributes to algae and weed growth.