Garden State Trout

Rusty Spinner wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 06, 2026 11:11 am

Agreed, but too many only look at trying to park at "angry man lot" and don't gain access. They don't know about the top down hike.

Years ago, "Beetle" found one of the trails to BSB.
How hard can it be?

Am I safe to assume there are no "wild" Trout in the Ramapo? There are a few tributaries that feed into the ramapo that hold wild brook trout in the mahwah area ;) I know of one, however public access seems to be impossible. You can hike to at least two from the Ramapo Reservation county park. Look...

The Ramapo has a mostly silty bottom. It has it's mayfly population, but it's primarily a caddis river.
When there's no obvious hatch, I've had good luck with caddis pupa.

Troutman wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 18, 2026 4:10 pm

I myself welcome the lower creel limit. but not excided about the no preseason closure. that invites poachers imo

To me opening ponds and lakes makes sense.
When the trout rivers and streams are closed, many of us resort to bass, pickerel, and panfish.

Unless you're on a low sodium diet ... go for it. I just use the recipes that came with the "Little Chief" smoker and some from McClain's Fishing Encyclopedia. Smoking can make any fish taste good. Caution, some of the recipes produce a product so salty, that it's more suitable as a snack food or ca...

As long as the Division relies on license sales for a significant portion of its finding, I doubt if it will happen. To many people the faux "Opening Day" has become a tradition. A lot of them buy a license and trout stamp (for the same prices as avid fishers), and only go fishing once or twice a ye...

Item on the agenda for the Oakland Borough Council meeting on 11/26/2024: Award Contract- Permitting for the Ramapo River Restoration Project BOROUGH OF OAKLAND BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY Resolution No: 24-331 TITLE: AWARD CONTRACT TO DRESDNER ROBIN FOR FLOOD HAZARD PERMITTING FOR RAMAPO RIVER RESTOR...

Two, but the second fly might not be a nymph.

Field test it ...
Some people love them, but I found it very annoying.
It kept getting in the way of my rod/reel handling.
IMHO:
If your skinny, it's like being fat.
If you're fat, it's like being even fatter.
I now use it to store extra flies in the truck.

About the "grump" ... He may have mistaken you for a spot jumper. Courtesy among trout fly fishers normally calls for giving each other plenty of room. See: http://www.uky.edu/~agrdanny/flyfish/rules.htm On a crowded stream this can be relaxed, sometimes to the point of agreeing to share a large poo...

When did we become so finicky?
Fishermen are supposed to stink.

Personally, although I'm uncomfortable fishing a six foot (or shorter) fly rod, I've never felt at a disadvantage with a seven foot rod.
YMMV

Found a mistake already. Crystal Lake in Oakland is not owned by the municipality. It's owned by a predatory (members only) lake club that's suing everybody who owns property that was developed by the same developer that created the club. Having said that ... The Borough just bought a few flood pron...

I found this on another site. Looks pretty cool. http://maps.wildtroutstreams.com/NJ.html yeah, these ratings are quite generous. The "stream" in my back woods is shown as a FW2-TCP1. It is literally a drainage ditch. Does it drain into a legit TP stream? I just noticed one that only has water afte...

It's a component of algae.

Traditionally, since stream-side thermometers weren't very precise, they suggested nice round easy to read, and easy to remember, numbers depending on which scale your thermometer used. 70 F or 20 C The 68 F figure happens to be what retentive types get if they convert 20 C to Fahrenheit. Since "the...

IMHO: They can't legislate virtue.
Hook control is as useless as gun control.
Good people will act responsibly, and bad people will find a way to do damage.

It might make gullible people feel better, and vote for pandering politicians, but it won't make any real difference.

Twism86 wrote: ↑

Fri May 22, 2020 12:38 pm

Yes, angler skill will always be a greater factor than the hook type used.

Exactly... The unskilled angler is more likely to do a "long distance release" with a barbless hook, minimizing the opportunity for improper handling.

If after the current restrictions are lifted, they wish to resume utilizing volunteers to "bucket stock" up and downstream from the easy vehicle access points, they'll have to notify someone. My local TU chapter normally solicits volunteers, via their website, their newsletter, and email. You don't ...