Duhernal Lake is a lake in Middlesex County,

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, United States. The lake is currently formed at the confluence of the South River, Matchaponix Bay and the outflow of Devoe Lake. It currently forms the border between the towns of Spotswood and Old Bridge. The lake is

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. It receives most of its water from the tributary

Matchaponix Brook Matchaponix Brook is a tributary of the South River in Monmouth and Middlesex counties, New Jersey in the United States. Matchaponix Brook (Lenape for "country of poor bread") is born in Englishtown at the convergence of Weamaconk Creek and McG ...

and Devoe Lake. Most of the water flows out to the South River. The lake is a popular fishing site. Fish found in the lake include

brown bullhead The brown bullhead (''Ameiurus nebulosus'') is a fish of the family Ictaluridae that is widely distributed in North America. It is a species of bullhead catfish and is similar to the black bullhead (''Ameiurus melas'') and yellow bullhead (' ...

, bluegill sunfish and

largemouth bass The largemouth bass (''Micropterus nigricans'') is a carnivorous, freshwater fish, freshwater, ray-finned fish in the Centrarchidae (sunfish) family, native to the eastern United States, eastern and central United States, southeastern Canada an ...

. The lake is co-owned by the

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company,

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, and the Borough of Sayreville. DuPont, together with the

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and National Lead corporations, created the lake in the 1930s by partially damming the South River.

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Duhernal Lake
{{authority control Reservoirs in New Jersey Old Bridge Township, New Jersey Spotswood, New Jersey Bodies of water of Middlesex County, New Jersey