Garden State Trout

I was up there in June, fishing the lower Beaverkill, and was told at Dette the water was warmer from spilling over the dam. I did not hear anything about a malfunction though.

I have not been able to fish for 2 years but I was wondering how the wild trout have come along on the C&R stretch of the BFB. Pat, they are catching a fair number more of brookies, but no increase and possibly a decrease in wild browns which I see as a positive. But not sure if electro fishing has...

I am off next week and should be out Monday or tuesday. i was going to ask what is going on but it sounds like i got my answer.

46er wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 31, 2025 6:44 pm

I wonder if that dam will ever be taken down

I am actually thinking about fishing up there above the dam. I got a raft last year and am thinking about doing some exploring up there. There used to be tons and tons of pickeral back there, i assume there is quite a bit of bass as well.

I use to mish the musky with my dad and brother every year as a child. He explained it to me the first time i went but it did not prepare me for what i saw. We always fished downstream but that shit show is everything i despise about trout fishing.

In my childhool i used to do well below Stephens state park in the winter. Seemed like too many fish for only the fall stocking. That was 30 years ago though.

Anyone seeing any little black stoneflies yet? Yes, on the Broadhead. They should be popping all over on warm days including here in NJ. I don't have time to fish but may stop down on the peq to see what is going on. Years ago i used to do well in March, all wilds. The river has changed a bit over ...

Just out of curiosity, what is the cost, what stretch of river and how much, and are there wild fish. I'm interested in knowing as well. Not sure on the cost yet its on the upper river. Yes this section does have wild fish in it Will post a cost when I hear by from the club Do you know what the len...

troutfishing4life wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 16, 2025 8:54 am

The goal is to join a different club on the south branch this year that our own Brian will be restoring

Just out of curiosity, what is the cost, what stretch of river and how much, and are there wild fish.

By 3 or 4, I assume you mean as an average for about 20 different rivers? Solitude Club is still very much alive and well having done a major river enhancement a couple of years ago done by one of my competitors. But that is one of five clubs on the upper SBR that come to mind initially. More on th...

I see maybe 3 or 4, what happened to Lake Solitude ??? By 3 or 4, I assume you mean as an average for about 20 different rivers? Solitude Club is still very much alive and well having done a major river enhancement a couple of years ago done by one of my competitors. But that is one of five clubs o...

When my father moved outside Asheville in 2004 ish they had the 500 year flood the season prior. The rivers actually fished well shortly after that. Roads and bridges were gone but the trout were still there for the most part. Rivers changed as you may suspect but they are resiliant. I honestly have...

I have fished just once this fall. I was just itching to get back on the water after the summer lay off. The water was so low (and it is lower now) that they were all ganged up in the deeper holes. I caught and released over a limit without moving my feet. Like shooting fish in a barrel. It was nic...

Yes some areas very shallow. I fish Ventnor to Longport most of the time and my brother in law has over 50 years fishing it, and this is the weirdest year ever. Each area has it’s own idiosyncrasies, up in Barnegat, Great Bay and down south of here back behind the wildwoods and then cape may area, ...

I was down at the Pequannock looking around and did not see much in the way of bugs. I used to hit great hatches in the poconos Memorial day weekend. I usually see March Browns on the Pequannock all of May. Granted there are not tons of them but fish take the drys.

Nice fish, did you bring him up without a hatch or was something on the water?

anyone ever fish this area? is it like the ken lockwood gorge? have you caught fish in the musky gorge? are you able to get around the 30' tall dam? my plan is to park at a fishing acess point upstream and hike downstream to the gorge or i could float my pontoon down there but then i would have to ...

Is there some possilbe TU work here?

Oh man, they have Winstons for the lifetime membership. It may have to go in the rack next to my TU lifetime winston

Roy, for me the answer varies. If chasing native brookies in a small stream, the standard run of the mill tan elk hair dry is as good a fly as you can ask for. On bigger rivers when the trout are taking emerging caddis below the surface film, seldom. But I will try a spent wing caddis which is the ...