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by njcatchrelease
Tue Dec 11, 2018 10:54 am
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: The Green Brook 12/5/18:
Replies: 29
Views: 28157

Re: The Green Brook 12/5/18:

Awesome job as always. I really need to get out and help out with the next clean up!

Looking at those before photos makes me wonder how many pair of waders get torn up with all those sticks/branches and garbage?
by njcatchrelease
Mon Dec 03, 2018 1:25 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Wild NJ Trout
Replies: 8
Views: 9673

Re: Wild NJ Trout

Forgot to ask, what was the magic fly? A tungsten beadhead hare's ear nymph tied on a barbless size 16 jig hook. I really like the jig hooks for the small streams, rarely get hung on on bottom. what hook do you use? something like the Umpqua U-Series U555 Jig Hooks? BTW, sort of unrelated, I'm in t...
by njcatchrelease
Thu Nov 29, 2018 10:35 am
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Raritan/Passaic headwater Brown trout
Replies: 3
Views: 4938

Re: Raritan/Passaic headwater Brown trout

Nice work! Did you run into many wild bows in the Passaic headwaters? I last fished that area in 2014 and I only caught wild bows. Nah I was fishing some other passaic watershed tributary, not far from the stream you mentioned. But I know which wts you're talking about; I think njcatchandrelease di...
by njcatchrelease
Tue Nov 20, 2018 10:06 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Van Campen 11/7/19
Replies: 14
Views: 16735

Re: Van Campen 11/7/19

Got it, thanks
by njcatchrelease
Tue Nov 20, 2018 7:56 am
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Van Campen 11/7/19
Replies: 14
Views: 16735

Re: Van Campen 11/7/19

dbarr15 wrote:
Sun Nov 11, 2018 7:56 am
Mostly rainbows.
That fly is great, I used it under a FBPT but all fish were caught with the midge.
What's a FBPT? I guessing some pheasant tail variant.
by njcatchrelease
Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:29 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Wild NJ Trout
Replies: 8
Views: 9673

Re: Wild NJ Trout

cappy wrote:
Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:07 pm
Forgot to ask, what was the magic fly?
A tungsten beadhead hare's ear nymph tied on a barbless size 16 jig hook. I really like the jig hooks for the small streams, rarely get hung on on bottom.
by njcatchrelease
Mon Nov 19, 2018 10:48 am
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Wild NJ Trout
Replies: 8
Views: 9673

Re: Wild NJ Trout

cappy wrote:
Mon Nov 19, 2018 10:37 am
Well done, thanks for sharing.

I was planning to go out, but never got motivated. :(
The snow made it tough hiking back to the stretch of the stream I wanted to fish.
by njcatchrelease
Mon Nov 19, 2018 9:36 am
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Wild NJ Trout
Replies: 8
Views: 9673

Wild NJ Trout

Went out Sunday in search of some wild trout and was rewarded with a few great looking rainbows, no brookies or browns. Water temp was 40 and flow was perfect. Find the deep pocket water and you would find fish. https://i.imgur.com/AA1ZMMVl.jpg?1 https://i.imgur.com/StW2LuWl.jpg?1 https://i.imgur.co...
by njcatchrelease
Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:47 am
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Cold Temp Fishing
Replies: 14
Views: 13977

Re: Cold Temp Fishing

coaltrout wrote:
Tue Nov 13, 2018 3:29 pm
Clearly the south branch... of the passaic river :mrgreen:
LOL
by njcatchrelease
Tue Nov 13, 2018 10:43 am
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Cold Temp Fishing
Replies: 14
Views: 13977

Re: Cold Temp Fishing

Rusty Spinner wrote:
Tue Nov 13, 2018 8:37 am
Jaybird wrote:
Mon Nov 12, 2018 11:52 am
Brown in the net looks like it could be wild .

Agreed. I'm going to guess this is the Musky between Asbury and Bloomsbury. :)
Not the Musky, but a good guess.
by njcatchrelease
Mon Nov 12, 2018 11:29 am
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Cold Temp Fishing
Replies: 14
Views: 13977

Re: Cold Temp Fishing

cappy wrote:
Mon Nov 12, 2018 11:07 am
Nice fish thanks for the pics. Upstate NY?

I hit a local WTS, caught two browns; nothing close to that size...LOL
Nope, these are Jersey trout! I'm guessing the browns were from a private club stocking that made their way into public water.
by njcatchrelease
Mon Nov 12, 2018 10:48 am
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Cold Temp Fishing
Replies: 14
Views: 13977

Cold Temp Fishing

Hit the river on Sunday morning, air temp was 29 and the water temp was 40. I managed to pick up 2 nice browns and a rainbow while fishing streamers.

Here is some trout porn for you to enjoy.
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by njcatchrelease
Wed Oct 31, 2018 1:27 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Trout dumped off bridge :
Replies: 10
Views: 11254

Re: Trout dumped off bridge :

That was painful to watch.
by njcatchrelease
Mon Oct 29, 2018 3:23 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Black River 10/28
Replies: 2
Views: 4470

Re: Black River 10/28

I haven't fished there but it is on my list. A neighbor of mine says he fishes it in the winter and gets trout in the plunge pools beneath the waterfalls.
by njcatchrelease
Mon Oct 29, 2018 1:18 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Fall Colors
Replies: 1
Views: 3387

Fall Colors

I got out the other morning on what is turning out to be my favorite fall trout river determined to land a nice trout on a streamer. After about 5 casts I was rewarded with this nice brown that slammed a size 10 Beadhead Thin Mint streamer that I was fishing dead drift and let it swing across the cu...
by njcatchrelease
Mon Oct 22, 2018 9:54 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Fall Trout
Replies: 5
Views: 7127

Re: Fall Trout

cappy wrote:
Mon Oct 22, 2018 8:15 pm
martalus wrote:
Mon Oct 22, 2018 1:57 am
the brown must be wild.
Looks like a Musky Hatchery Brown. Thinking it came from the SBR.
Didn't fish the SBR, these were all caught on a different river.
by njcatchrelease
Mon Oct 22, 2018 9:37 am
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Fall Trout
Replies: 5
Views: 7127

Re: Fall Trout

martalus wrote:
Mon Oct 22, 2018 1:57 am
Great fish! Some of the rainbows don't look like recent stockers and the brown must be wild. What did you get them on?
The brown took a black woolly bugger fly fished on a dead drift, the bows hot either a Rapala count down lure in rainbow trout color or a TroutA-Control Ranger lure.
by njcatchrelease
Sat Oct 20, 2018 11:36 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Fall Trout
Replies: 5
Views: 7127

Fall Trout

I was lucky enough to have Thursday & Friday off from work so I hit the river to search for some of the fall stocked trout. I found great weather, great water flows river temps hovering around 50 degrees and very few other fishermen. Managed to land a total of 9 trout (8 rainbows from 13" to 16" and...
by njcatchrelease
Wed Oct 03, 2018 11:28 am
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: WTS surprise tenant
Replies: 26
Views: 28126

Re: WTS surprise tenant

Eel is one of my favorite fish to eat. Cut into 4" sections, split down the length of the belly, add a little kosher salt and grill it slow until the skin gets crispy and the flesh tender. Skin is the best part, but it MUST be crispy all the way through. Serve with a classic Italian tomato salad an...
by njcatchrelease
Fri Sep 14, 2018 12:06 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: anyone getting out?
Replies: 23
Views: 25120

Re: anyone getting out?

I'm not sure which stream you are referencing but on the small wild trout streams I have been fishing I have noticed a lot of blue herons, more than in the past. Those guys must be affecting the trout populations.