Bound Brook

 This is the man made canal which travels parallel to the Raritan River near Bound Brook
New Jersey.  I think this is the place that a reader mentioned.

As you can see from my photos, the canal is being dammed so that this part of the canal
can be repaired

When I arrived to fish the canal, the water was stained , which according to locals is not
normal for this fishery. 

This is one of the locks for the canal.

There are bass, pickerel, sunfish, perch and I saw a few carp.

I walked from Queens Bridge down to route 287 ( the western leg of this canal).

I noticed this downed tree and what appears to be "duck weed" floating on the canal surface.

This type of area will hold fish.  Upon  closer inspection I saw small bass and  blue gills
 swimming under this.

There was a carp under this too.  So there are carp in the canal but because of the canal
being drained normal fishing is not to be expected for some time here.

A view of the same spot from the opposite side of the canal (in the center of the photo).

I plan to return here so that I can fish the canals eastern leg.

The main attraction in South Bound Brook is the Delaware and Raritan Canal, which forms the northern and eastern boundaries of the town. The canal and its D&R Canal Trail are used for numerous recreational purposes from light boating to hiking and biking. Also of note is the Raritan River which lies on the far side of the canal and provides further recreational opportunities such as boating and fishing. The Queens Bridge crosses the canal and river, connecting to Bound Brook.
The Raritan River Greenway is a proposed path that would link Branchburg Township to the East Coast Greenway with the Delaware and Raritan Canal trail in South Bound Brook.^{[citation needed]}
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA is headquartered in South Bound Brook. St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Theological Seminary, St. Andrew's Memorial Church, and a large Ukrainian Orthodox cemetery right behind the church, where graves of many politicians from the Ukrainian People's Republic era can be visited, are located on the south side of the town.

Below are fishing  ponds in Somerset County

Somerset County
Water	Nearest Town	Acres	Car Top Launch	Boat Ramp	Outboard Allowed
Ann Van Middleworth Pond	Hillsborough	4	N	N	N
Bedminster Pond	Bedminster	5	N	N	N
Best Pond	Watchung	6	N	N	N
Green Brook Pond	Plainfield	1	N	N	N
Mettlers Pond	East Millstone	3	N	N	N
Powder Mill Pond	East Millstone	6	N	N	N
Spooky Brook Lake	East Millstone	13	N	N	N
Spring Lake	South Plainfield	5	N	N	N
Watchung Lake	Watchung	15	N	N	N