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by coaltrout
Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:06 am
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Raritan river 3/15-16/20
Replies: 14
Views: 57892

Re: Raritan river 3/15-16/20

Fishybig wrote:
Thu Mar 19, 2020 6:40 am
BillSmith wrote:
Wed Mar 18, 2020 8:29 pm
Tiny bugs, like gnats, lots and lots of them.
I would assume various midges and other no seeums...they dont bite
i was covered in them Tuesday night, can agree looked like midges.
by coaltrout
Wed Mar 18, 2020 8:25 am
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Access question
Replies: 29
Views: 27303

Re: Access question

I have fished on many posted private property rivers & lakes without issue. Just be courteous & ask. I usually just go to the house & knock. Ask for permission. I tell them I'm a C&R angler. I just wanted to see if I can get your permission. 90% of the time they say no problem. Dont litter & destro...
by coaltrout
Tue Mar 17, 2020 10:26 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Access question
Replies: 29
Views: 27303

Re: Access question

I have fished on many posted private property rivers & lakes without issue. Just be courteous & ask. I usually just go to the house & knock. Ask for permission. I tell them I'm a C&R angler. I just wanted to see if I can get your permission. 90% of the time they say no problem. Dont litter & destro...
by coaltrout
Tue Mar 17, 2020 10:24 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Make the call:
Replies: 7
Views: 8079

Re: Make the call:

lol. not hard to believe poachers picking special reg areas over open stretches.

crazy how poor of a decision that was, must have been real lazy to get caught like that.
by coaltrout
Sat Mar 14, 2020 9:08 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Access question
Replies: 29
Views: 27303

Re: Access question

from what Ive heard/understand: Stocked waters doesnt overwrite posted property. The state will obviously stock where there's some public access, but it doesn't imply there's any more public access than there already is. Ive also heard posted property extends to the river. Now sometimes one side of ...
by coaltrout
Fri Mar 13, 2020 1:47 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Peapack Brook 3/9/2020
Replies: 27
Views: 28852

Re: Peapack Brook 3/9/2020

Rusty Spinner wrote:
Fri Mar 13, 2020 1:11 pm
100% wild browns. We have no state holdover browns still alive at this point.
i actually froze a bunch back from 2012 and on occasion throw them into the brook; once they thaw out they start swimming. That explains all the browns you guys catch, they are not wild. :mrgreen:
by coaltrout
Thu Mar 05, 2020 7:03 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Public Meeting on Trout Stocking Program February 29
Replies: 47
Views: 60104

Re: Public Meeting on Trout Stocking Program February 29

How about the delaware, if any river has sea runs in NJ why not that river?
by coaltrout
Mon Mar 02, 2020 8:44 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Public Meeting on Trout Stocking Program February 29
Replies: 47
Views: 60104

Re: Public Meeting on Trout Stocking Program February 29

As far as trout stocking goes, i have said for years I would like to see more fingerling/advanced fingerling stockings in the rivers where they could grow. I believe the little juniata in pa has wild browns as a result of the fingerling stockings. not sure if something similar could be done on the ...
by coaltrout
Mon Mar 02, 2020 3:31 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Da bookies.
Replies: 5
Views: 7611

Re: Da bookies.

Da bookies :mrgreen: nice sizes to em.
by coaltrout
Mon Feb 24, 2020 9:32 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Dry fly fishing
Replies: 11
Views: 14554

Re: Dry fly fishing

took me a while :mrgreen:
by coaltrout
Sat Feb 22, 2020 7:38 am
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: bows
Replies: 36
Views: 41635

Re: bows

Troutman wrote:
Sat Feb 22, 2020 12:31 am

Full fledged wild brown ;) . Can these guys figure out what wts I caught her in :lol: :lol:
more pics required for evidence ;)
by coaltrout
Fri Feb 21, 2020 6:36 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: bows
Replies: 36
Views: 41635

Re: bows

ah I see, yes im new to the scene. cant say it's cheating for me cause my stealth skills are LOW :mrgreen:. These streams with hungrier but spookish fish help me improve that skill a lot. Some of us are more stealthier than others. Me, not so much, but I do use natural screens like trees or crawl o...
by coaltrout
Fri Feb 21, 2020 9:30 am
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: bows
Replies: 36
Views: 41635

Re: bows

Fishing WTS is like cheating by WTS I mean any stream with wild trout not just the ones the state lists in the digest under "WTS". not sure what's cheating about it tho. Were you a long time njtrout and tristate trout member? The saying goes back to those times. WTS streams, whether in the digest o...
by coaltrout
Fri Feb 21, 2020 7:50 am
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Public Meeting on Trout Stocking Program February 29
Replies: 47
Views: 60104

Re: Public Meeting on Trout Stocking Program February 29

I'm all for tree planting. The Raritan river either has huge 200 year old trees or nothing it seems. I think in those areas the soil is more easily eroded way. More red shale. or whatever that rock is called. The trees get more easily uprooted. I think farming practices in that art of the state con...
by coaltrout
Fri Feb 21, 2020 7:46 am
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: bows
Replies: 36
Views: 41635

Re: bows

I remember on the old forum how guys would get so defensive about fly vs spinner. It was like a guy using a spinner left a trail of dead fish floating down river. It was so over the top. They would sound like how the liberals talk about our President now. They take his words and spin them into some...
by coaltrout
Thu Feb 20, 2020 9:35 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Public Meeting on Trout Stocking Program February 29
Replies: 47
Views: 60104

Re: Public Meeting on Trout Stocking Program February 29

What's interesting to me is that it's still trout maintenance down even under lake solitude. Always figured that lake destroyed the temps but seems like it's good enough to hold a lot of good trout. Probably due to the tribs?
by coaltrout
Thu Feb 20, 2020 9:19 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: bows
Replies: 36
Views: 41635

Re: bows

garden hackle wrote:
Thu Feb 20, 2020 8:49 pm
Fishing WTS is like cheating
by WTS I mean any stream with wild trout not just the ones the state lists in the digest under "WTS". not sure what's cheating about it tho.
by coaltrout
Thu Feb 20, 2020 8:42 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: bows
Replies: 36
Views: 41635

Re: bows

Most C&R so no worries there. It was about too much pressure resulting in either spooked fish or smart fish both of which decrease fishing success. Your catch rates will drop fairly dramatically if 10 guys fish a WTS or some local bass pond over the weekend as opposed to just 1 or 2. You can share ...
by coaltrout
Wed Feb 19, 2020 5:41 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: bows
Replies: 36
Views: 41635

Re: bows

There are browns in there too. Not a lot but a few. The closer to the stream it flows into, the more you see. Just be careful with your stream pics. Many streams have a distinct pool or rock or waterfall. I won't name yours but someone might just to be a d*ck. Its one of the reasons I stopped posti...
by coaltrout
Tue Feb 18, 2020 5:06 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: bows
Replies: 36
Views: 41635

Re: bows

That second bow is a decent size. Nice job. Thanks, I was wondering if all of these were in fact wild. When I caught the 2nd-one-pictured I was doubting it. Despite how serious some of the barriers looked in the gorge, it only makes sense that the rainbows got here from hardcore stockies that swam ...