Garden State Trout

There's a couple turn offs along hamburg tpke, under rt23 bridge then down towards riverdale park, also if your on Rt23 S just passed the 287 area make the right turn onto Boulevard then immediate left onto mountain ave then another left onto newark pompton tpke (brings you back to rt23, turn on 23 ...

Things are looking good here, I stopped at a small tackle shop near me just to see what they had, and older guy was working and asked if I needed help, told him I was looking for some shad lures and spoons, his face lit up and he said not to many people ask about those but he has a special area that...

Same up here is Sussex Co NJ, cold came in and w/ vengeance but its short lived, we're suppose to be in the 50's today, might hit the upper 50's to 60 base tomorrow for Easter then low 60's for the rest of the week, I'm hoping to get out on the Delaware River Wednesday to give my luck a shot, I'll b...

I ordered both shad darts and shad spoons from Dicks sporting goods-check your local tackle shop and if you dont find them order from Dicks. If you can’t find them small cast master spoons in combo with 1/16 oz chartreuse grub jigs also will get you fish. The key is being able to cast far, sink, an...

Hearing reports of shad starting to run up the southern Delaware River, a couple reports out of Burlington Co so its only a matter of time for Trenton and points north. I've never really gone shad fishing, but this year I'm going to give it a shot near the water gap area and just from the shore (poo...

Waywayanda in Vernon is cleared of ice and the lake trout are running shallow.

Friday evening I decided to take a ride to my local creek (which was closed since its within the state park system) I just wanted to see what the water was doing, how high it was from the rain and whether it was cloudy / murky (since its a mud bottom in spots) Well upon arriving there was a truck pa...

Looks like the creek was semi restored in his illegal work area, the pipe might be approved since the inlet is above the stream current, so he'll only get water when there a surplus of water, but who knows unless its actually inspected. Glad to see that when people see something that might be wrong,...

I was at my local food store yesterday and saw no sign of any meat shortages, prices were up a few dollars on chicken and beef, but nothing crazy, no empty shelves either, or panic buying. Best bet is to find your local farm and ask them of they hold sales for meats. I have 4 farms within a 5 min dr...

According to some news articles I've read this morning, the state of NJ is set to allow state parks to reopen this Saturday. That's great news for people in my area that have had some major fishing restrictions placed on them by the default closure of state facilities and land access. Of course soci...

Hello all, my name is Ken, handle is Kennyp2339, long time lurker, first time poster, and I hate to say that this first post might be against the grain here. For starters, I lived my whole life in Sussex Co, enlisted in the USCG in the early 2000's, but ended coming back to the county because that's...