Garden State Trout

I also find it confusing how a state can have a Wild Brown Trout Enhancement Program designed to increase #'s and sizes of wild brown trout yet be destroying them in other streams. Either they are a valuable resource to be protected and promoted or they are not. They can't be both. WILD BROWN TROUT ...

There are signs on the eastern side too. I know someone who walked in from the east and fished that stretch. It actually had a fair amount of wild browns in there and even a few native brookies. Browns were up to 17" as I recall.

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Nexr time I will bring a rake. If they dam some swamp up and create a nice bass pond, I'm cool with it. But hot damming up streams.

Came across this beaver dam on a Hunterdon Cty stream. It took awhile but I did manage to breach it. Lowered the water behind it by almost 2 feet. Caught 3 wild browns ain a pool that was under water an hour before.

They aren't rumors. 1,048 captured, fin-clipped and released into Black River and lower Rhinehart(below the falls). 79 were captured later in 2017 and euthanized. In 2018, 83 fin-clipped browns were captured - 43 above the lower brook falls; 40 below - these were also euthanized. So 162 have been ki...

Maybe instead of tearing down dams we should build some to keep browns out? Maybe a heron kingfisher merganser extermination program? Can't have them eating our trout right?

They better leave Dunnfield alone. Don't mess with the good streams.

I would like to see a thorough carp removal/euthanization program. How many rivers and lakes are muddy messes with high turbidly because of them??? Can't tell me their activities don't affect game fish pops. A big part of the problem is anglers themselves introduce them.

I've been fishing Tillmans over 37 years. One wild brown I remember. Turtle Corner Brook has produced fair number of wild browns for me over the years but its been in the decline for years. Its one of the few streams where stocking was discontinued but wild trout numbers dropped. I did not fish it t...

Caught this nice brookie today.

Invasive species are important to try an get under control and eradicate but of all our invasives,, brown trout are way down on the list. Many invasive plant species have long been ignored and now are firmly entrenched in our woods and ponds. Water Chestnut can completely cover an acre of water in u...

I may be in the minority here but I don't like this 'playing God' policy. I know we two-legged creatures are to blame for Brown trout invasion here but they do provide a much better fishing experience. Fight better. Reach larger sizes. Abundant numbers when conditions permit. I think one big reason ...

Try this:

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Fished a stream today for about 90 minutes. Water was chilly as expected but wild browns came to hand fairly often. Landed 18 up to 14". Nice to fish a stream where I didn't have to go under and over 8000 downed trees. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/CY4lkYe5nb2iUUwp787LII2I4OYtduZsT3h7XwlzyIEfx90...

Nice male brook trout I caught today. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/kKk60GaU-YZ1jkkpqljYNn9pWKRksYGHTGd9e2Pwh-b2j3wcGv3AsSoTTzVa_E1BIKXz6pO6DghDstsE7jzgUD7ImOrGGxixIknT2mIfOsN8aoFQ01noUbjN1nBIxTepwHZL4HuK90oyzvBoXQRxdul9QghSFRqzWAMhQdLzOhEO-2zFAKok4gawkC7CwWXx976X6kaDzUnQZ7XdAWf1tC2dyHIpt24QpnnN...

Stopped by the former Columbia Lake. Nice to see flowing water. Its already down to some rock in areas so its cutting through the silt good. I casted a spinner around for about an hour. Pretty good numbers: 15 redbreast sunfish 6 bluegills 3 pumkinseeds 3 chain pickeel 1 rock bass 1 yellow perch Yel...