freestone river · trout · smallmouth bass
South Branch Raritan River (High Bridge)
Live conditions for South Branch Raritan River (High Bridge): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
52cfs→ lowfishable
Inside the wade band, stable low · -2.8% over the last 6 hours.
Water temp—
Stage5.95 ft
Engine callGO 52 cfs in the wade band
The water
South Branch Raritan River (High Bridge) is a freestone river in New Jersey, fished for trout, smallmouth bass — brown, rainbow, brook. On free-flowing water the trajectory is the story: falling and clearing after a bump is the window, rising water pushes fish to the banks and brings colour.
troutsmallmouth bassbrown troutrainbow troutbrook trout
Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.
Access
- South Branch Raritan (Long Valley–Califon stretch, Rt. 513 access)walk in
- Hoffman's Crossing Road Bridge (Ken Lockwood Gorge put-in)carry
- Ken Lockwood Gorge WMA parking (Raritan River Rd, upper lot)walk in
- Ken Lockwood Gorge Bridge (Columbia Trail)bridge
- Ken Lockwood Gorge WMA parking (Raritan River Rd, lower/south lot)walk in
- Union Forge Parkwalk in
- High Bridge Borough river access (Arch St/W Main St/River Rd)walk in
- Route 513/31 riverside pull-off (High Bridge to Clinton)walk in
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.