Garden State Trout

Make sure to wait for Sunday so those of us working the Show aren't staring at each other that day!

Great footage. I only have time for about a third of it, so will watch the rest later.

Wish I had some info for you, but I'm out.

Makes sense, even in Monmouth county streams, if we had a cool spring and moderate June into July, the Brookies would spread out and hold for a surprisingly long time. Not sure any held over throughout the entire summer except perhaps near the spring seeps in the Manasquan. A couple of guys talked ...

I don't exactly see how reducing the creel limit address the perception of shooting fish in a barrel when water is low, but hey, I guess it's something. We down here in dixie don't have to worry about that since the cormorants take most of the trout. Lol, I struggled with that as well. Read it twic...

I can't say I have only one single recipe, it all depends on what taste I'm after. I start with a brine soaking first, then allow the fish once brined to form a film over the fillets as the brine dries on it before I put them in the smoker. And I always use gentle woods like apple or alder over more...

I know there was a proposal floated out there in August about eliminating the closed March>opening day period. Does anyone know if this is fully adopted and in play for 2026? I don't think that made it but I believe the creel limit reduction from 4 to 2 after June 1st did get in. That I happen to k...

Stop by and visit me at the Native Fish Coalition booth if you go to the show. Over the decades, I have both worked it and attended it, and it is always great to see old friends. Hope to see some of you there. Will you be preaching the gospel of fallfish over wild brown trout? Always! Unless I'm in...

I can ask. Last I heard it wasn't being changed. But they are stocked fish and I stopped caring long ago unfortunately.

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Sun Dec 21, 2025 7:05 pm

Going to try and make it this year again for the first time in a while!

Will be good to see you. We are usually back near the beer truck, so I know that greatly increases my odds of seeing you!

Looking at a lodge in Texas currently for a sight fishing on the fly for reds with a couple of buddies. https://www.bayflatslodge.com/ Curious if anyone here has done a similar trip and where you fished and how you liked it? Being a hunter and angler, sight fishing has always been my favorite pursui...

Stop by and visit me at the Native Fish Coalition booth if you go to the show. Over the decades, I have both worked it and attended it, and it is always great to see old friends. Hope to see some of you there.

Given the state official position of never stocking/rearing Brookies, is there any hope of changing this by petition or by getting Brookies stocked from somewhere else? I know it’s probably hopeless, but I’m a bit pissed as I’ve heard through the FB grapevine that this is simply a money play. Thoug...

State held one this past Saturday close by in Jackson so attended. Good turnout, we don't get much attention south of 195. Just basic stuff, 1 1/2 hour, given by the last person I would have expected to give a trout seminar, one of the Captains of the Gambler party boat. Guy was good, knew his stuf...

Many of the TU chapters also offer fly tying courses, especially in winter months.

True there is negative impact. But given the differences and lack of ability for the hatchery fish to compete with wild populations, has it been quantified? I mean how much gain would there be (if any) to restart a hatchery process with something close to our heritage strain eggs? Even given some o...

Very true. It really burned my ass during one of the NJ DF&W trout stocking meetings when a "guide" complained that not stocking brookies and browns was hurting his business! So my trout stamp funds are supposed to prop up his business endeavor??? So they are going to start stocking browns over wil...

The world most of us knew growing up is almost completely gone, but that doesn't mean totally forgotten. Yep, fly shops used to be like bars in Bayonne, every block had one. Now where is the closest to where you live? Zero in a 30 mile radius where I am. The internet shops are at my fingertips. Liv...

https://www.sboutfitters.com/staff I guess I am out of the loop! Shannons is no longer Shannons? At least it is still open as a traditional fly shop! I still have a gift certificate signed by Jim H and given to me from my Dad (both passed on). It is one those scraps of paper that I can't seem to th...

Given the state official position of never stocking/rearing Brookies, is there any hope of changing this by petition or by getting Brookies stocked from somewhere else? I know it’s probably hopeless, but I’m a bit pissed as I’ve heard through the FB grapevine that this is simply a money play. Thoug...