Garden State Trout

Alpaca blend all the way for my stockings...

I was actually out yesterday bouncing around the area...I caught a pretty beat up stockbow at the Gorge...colors were nice but fins were not ...
So it could have happened...

I am new to fishing for Smallies...It has been really fun so far. I have mainly been hitting spots on the Raritan. Any other rivers/lakes (Not RV or SR!) in Northern/Central NJ good for this time of year that people like? I heard the Paulins Kill is pretty good for them. These spots were found with ...

That fort is a 15 min walk upstream of the big Claremont pool / old bridge parking area. I saw it about 1.5 months ago. Some HS kids just hanging out...they were actually cleaning up the river and that area it seemed. Hopefully, they keep it clean. There was also an old fridge in the water at the ta...

I have started to pinch my barbs down as best as possible lately...I do have some barbless flies too. I feel like it is just a natural progression if you want to practice catch and release (with trout around here at least). I am no expert but I have caught fish with the best intentions and had a bar...

Pequest WMA was pretty nice last night...basically had an entire section to myself from 6pm till dark. Nothing amazing but still got a few. Lots of footprints and I pulled a few lines out of the trees...FREE FLIES

Rusty Spinner wrote: ↑

Fri May 08, 2020 5:34 pm

Those downed trees are where the larger wild browns hang out.

Def gunna be going back...that area is interesting haha...need to get that dang Newark Watershed Permit too!

The section below the reservoir to the 287 Bridge is now a WTS I believe and no longer stocked...I was just there 2 weeks ago and caught nothing. It was my first time fishing there...was just exploring new water.
Some parts looked ok...a lot of downed trees in the river.

Amazing and beautiful fish ... Hell yea!

Fishybig wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 18, 2020 9:06 am

More than likely they've gotten away with it before...being caught once waz probably a small price to pay for the offenders....who knows..glad they were caught

I was there that day and saw it happen. I recognized the guys from the previous week.
Was it me who called? Maybe