Garden State Trout

can anyone let me know what the average CFS is for the big flat brook? i am camping at stokes this weekend sat-mon and had planned on fly fishing the big flatbrook. i have fished it in the past but its been few years. as of now(monday it says 254 cfs) but looks like more rain is coming this week. t...

Is there an island in the BFB? - "Start at the bottom of the Island and work your way down". Parts of the Flatbrook are an anastomose system which is a big fancy term for braided channels with "islands" between them. Common where there is heavy beaver activity combined with elevation changes where ...

46er wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 13, 2024 2:48 pm

All time high for that day, 4/5, Rusty.

Yes, that makes sense.

46er wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 05, 2024 11:01 pm

All time high for the Toms today. A lot of them on the map.

It wasn't even close to an all time high just so you know. In fact, there were two higher flow events on the Toms this year alone (Jan. and early March) let alone others over the years.

Looks like that one narrowly escaped death by heron once. Nice one.

Later this week will be bad yet again.....just in time for the opener on Saturday.

Hello Rusty, Just read your comment about the gorge and you are right except you said in our life time. Heck, Rusty maybe in your life time but mine I don’t think so. I am now pushing 88 and now it is all down hill. So all you youngsters out there enjoy the gorge when the dam finally comes down but...

I have fished the Musky George many of times in the past. I fished it last in November 2023. I used to legally access just signing in @ the guard shack. Also used to have a pass to access the trail on that side to fish. But its all be rescinded in the last 3 years. When I fished it in November I tr...

brian, lets just say that dam did have a a major failure after the restoration project was done downstream at the club. would all that restoration work be for nothing? just from locals around town, i heard they were gonna truck the sediment out to a parking lot nearby and allow it dry? then dispose...

I have fished the Musky George many of times in the past. I fished it last in November 2023. I used to legally access just signing in @ the guard shack. Also used to have a pass to access the trail on that side to fish. But its all be rescinded in the last 3 years. When I fished it in November I tr...

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 ...

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 ...

This has guys all up in arms on Facebook's NJ Trout Fishing page. Claim it's a fly fishing conspiracy (TU) to get the state to end stocking in that area so that it can be wild brook trout only. Also claim opening up the river will allow snakeheads, flatheads, and stripers to have run of the river a...

This has guys all up in arms on Facebook's NJ Trout Fishing page. Claim it's a fly fishing conspiracy (TU) to get the state to end stocking in that area so that it can be wild brook trout only. Also claim opening up the river will allow snakeheads, flatheads, and stripers to have run of the river a...

I have fished there @ the dam in drought situations. I can actually see the water flowing somewhat @ the base under the dam. So you probably correct it does leak like a sieve. Do you think after the dam is removed will it effect the water level to the bloomsbury dam stretch ? No, it will only impac...

This dam has been on again, off agan for removal since my second day at TU, some 16 years ago now. The State is using federal Infrastructure Bill funding to remove it and it will take several years once the permits are in to actually dredge it enough to remove this very tall dam. Realistically, I'd ...

Of course, as I get the bug to trout fish and am feeling near 100% again, it's going to rain another 2"-3" this week after the 1.9" we got here last week. At least it will disperse the fresh stocked bows once the state starts their bridge dumps. I find myself doing nearly all of my trout fishing out...

I'm sure the LBS are still going strong and it should be an early year for many hatches given the mild, warm winter we had for the most part. Let's hear what you are seeing and doing out there. I need motivation this year just to buy my All Around Sportsman license, by far the latest I have ever wai...

MikeB wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 28, 2024 3:39 pm

post a link

He's teasing me. It's banter in the chat box between us old friends from the internet. I figured out my old password as I had it written down and just now got on NEFF.

lightenup wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:26 am

The 3 people over at Njflyfishing are talking shit Rusty, go defend yourself...

Is that NEFF? If so, I somehow lost my auto sign in and have no clue what my password is. Worse yet, I think I used an email when I first joined that I haven't used in 15 years or so.