Garden State Trout

Great to see some old, familiar faces! Hooli, your fishing days will come back, but you're in the diaper changing mode for a few years so enjoy it while you can because before you know it, your kid will be working for Bacala and then headed off to college! :) I'm Brian Cowden, co-owner of Trout Scap...

I'm looking to spend a lot of time this summer chasing bass and pike with my fly rod. For some reason I have only used my fly rod for trout and whenever I would take my kayak out for bass and pike I would only bring my spin gear. Gonna change that this year! You'll want something bigger than a 4 or...

njcatchrelease wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:48 am

troutfishing4life wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:30 am

Great trout! saw it on nj fishing. welcome to this site

Thanks, I usually visit NJ Fishing and Instagram for my fishing fix while at work.

Do they still hate me over there?

Welcome to GST.

This long winter has me thinking of one thing; bass crushing topwater at night! One of my favorite ways to fish is for largemouth at night on topwater plugs! There is nothing better than the silence and darkness of night interrupted by the crashing sound of a big bass gulping down your lure at nigh...

Recently we did an Estate Sale on Stonybrook rd right near Valhalla rd.......in Montville....anyone ever fish the small lakes/ ponds in the area ??? also I saw a few small streams ?? Back sometimes when I was a kid visiting my Aunt and Uncle who used to live in Lake Valhalla. There are some native ...

Im looking to salt my own clams for bait....since there is between 2-6 people fishing.....salting will be the easy part......Does anyone have a source to buy clams ?? last year the bait shop people werent the friendliest....and we went through a lot of bait in a week..... Salted clams are a fine st...

This long winter has me thinking of one thing; bass crushing topwater at night! One of my favorite ways to fish is for largemouth at night on topwater plugs! There is nothing better than the silence and darkness of night interrupted by the crashing sound of a big bass gulping down your lure at nigh...

The Ridge & Valley chapter of Trout Unlimited will be holding a special cleanup of the Lopat at Strykers Road and Lock Street sights starting at 9 am. These two sites are or will be publicly owned lands that TU's staffer, Cole Baldino, will be restoring using my Trout Scapes River Restoration LLC fi...

I fished 4/19. Sounds like scuds but they were actively taking midges. By the way, lots of Hendricksons today but very few rises. I had an all day guide trip yesterday on the SBR, and I saw the same. Wednesday's Hendrickson hatch, by the way, was as strong as I have ever seen in this state. That ha...

Twism86 wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 18, 2018 9:44 pm

Enjoy the trip! I have yet to catch anything over 8" on that river but I know one day I will make it up there for a few days and hopefully land something of a decent size!

In all my years going up there, I'm not sure I ever caught one that small.

It looks like the Hendrickson hatch is back to normal the last year or two in the Catskills, and that I should be knee deep in that hatch in two short weeks. This is my 18th year with a crew of anglers, liars, and world class whiskey drinkers that ascends on the upper D each year, settling along the...

Like the sign says, please report any sightings or incidental catches to the Division. This is great news for all of our hard work and effort put forth in this state by many to see the obsolete dams removed and native fish restored.