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by lightenup
Wed May 30, 2018 5:36 pm
Forum: Conservation Issues, Groups and Projects
Topic: Spruce Run Creek dam removal for native brook trout
Replies: 38
Views: 96784

Re: Spruce Run Creek dam removal for native brook trout

You will starve before there are enough if any in there. I'am sure the boy scouts are thrilled with a six foot wide puddle to fish in. You mean The Scouts? I find protecting native fish to outweigh the scouts need to fish for bass in that pond....there are plenty of places to catch warm water fish,...
by lightenup
Wed May 30, 2018 2:39 pm
Forum: Conservation Issues, Groups and Projects
Topic: Spruce Run Creek dam removal for native brook trout
Replies: 38
Views: 96784

Re: Spruce Run Creek dam removal for native brook trout

Well done, those Brook Trout are tasty, especially the native ones..can't wait until they are flourishing, gonna throw a brook trout barbecue, you are all welcome to come!!! :shock: :D :D :D
by lightenup
Wed May 16, 2018 9:14 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Stocking Truck
Replies: 19
Views: 22515

Re: Stocking Truck

I saw the stocking truck today.....it was stocking fish...I made sure to drive the opposite direction....😉
by lightenup
Sat May 12, 2018 12:12 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Vest or waist-pack? (And what about the net?)
Replies: 19
Views: 21711

Re: Vest or waist-pack? (And what about the net?)

I use a waist pack with a shoulder strap. I use one of the magnet things and attached it to the to back of the pack on a little doo-dad they put to connect the shoulder strap.....it's great , the net handle sits at my left hand, so it is easy to grab and net a fish...not a great explanation, but it ...
by lightenup
Fri May 11, 2018 12:48 pm
Forum: Fly Tying and Entomology
Topic: Help Identify This
Replies: 13
Views: 43284

Re: Help Identify This

You're a wonder Rusty :D :lol: :P
by lightenup
Thu May 10, 2018 12:31 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: South Branch
Replies: 7
Views: 9498

Re: South Branch

I have caught 2...both came 5 or 6 years ago, the were very small and jumped a lot, fought like the dickens..looked like little footballs..I think they were Kamloops that bred. Very green backs!
by lightenup
Wed May 09, 2018 3:40 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: What color buggers do you like
Replies: 20
Views: 26173

Re: What color buggers do you like

Buggers aren't streamers, they're buggers :lol: you can fish them to imitate large stonefly nymphs, leeches, crayfish. Streamers have feather wings! :shock: Pattern references Woolly Wisdom (1999), Soucie[1] The Woolly Bugger is an artificial fly commonly categorized as a wet fly or streamer and is...
by lightenup
Wed May 09, 2018 12:51 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: What color buggers do you like
Replies: 20
Views: 26173

Re: What color buggers do you like

Real fishermen, don't use streamers...ever!!!! or mopflies, or egg patterns.. :D Buggers aren't streamers, they're buggers :lol: you can fish them to imitate large stonefly nymphs, leeches, crayfish. Streamers have feather wings! :shock: Pattern references Woolly Wisdom (1999), Soucie[1] The Woolly...
by lightenup
Tue May 08, 2018 2:41 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Flat Brook - 3 Bridges
Replies: 20
Views: 29083

Re: Flat Brook - 3 Bridges

Just don't take your first fly fishing trip on the East Branch of the Delaware, in a downpour on a drift "boat" with no seats, a 75 pound dog, 3 grown men, no guide, no reg. #'s, a cinder block for an anchor, and 1 fly rod set-up for dry fly fishing....that can be very frustrating :D
by lightenup
Tue May 08, 2018 12:34 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: What color buggers do you like
Replies: 20
Views: 26173

Re: What color buggers do you like

Real fishermen, don't use streamers...ever!!!! or mopflies, or egg patterns.. :D
by lightenup
Tue May 08, 2018 12:32 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: SBRR wild browns marking coloration
Replies: 30
Views: 44135

Re: SBRR wild browns marking coloration

Rusty Spinner wrote:
Tue May 08, 2018 8:31 am
lightenup wrote:
Mon May 07, 2018 8:16 pm
Yes, my bad, I thought vern wss at the Hackettstwon location, but that guy Vern grows decent fish. Sorry about the mix-up...
Don't let it happen again :lol: :lol:
If not that, something else will happen...most definitely... ;)
by lightenup
Mon May 07, 2018 8:16 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: SBRR wild browns marking coloration
Replies: 30
Views: 44135

Re: SBRR wild browns marking coloration

Yes, my bad, I thought vern wss at the Hackettstwon location, but that guy Vern grows decent fish. Sorry about the mix-up...
by lightenup
Fri May 04, 2018 11:37 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: SBRR wild browns marking coloration
Replies: 30
Views: 44135

Re: SBRR wild browns marking coloration

Thanks for the picture help! So, the browns from Hackettstown, so I have been told, and I think I have caught a few, have the bigger spots and less red spots....in my opinion, those fish fight harder and look better than the ones the state used to raise....maybe because the government doesn't run it...
by lightenup
Fri May 04, 2018 4:27 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: SBRR wild browns marking coloration
Replies: 30
Views: 44135

Re: SBRR wild browns marking coloration

So, I agree with you, I am saying every wild brown, I have ever caught out of the SBRR has these tell tale marks..I have also caught wild browns at smaller creeks that do and do not have the halo, but that white stripe on the fins in your picture are another sign of wild, I just have a hard time wi...
by lightenup
Fri May 04, 2018 3:11 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: Stocking Truck
Replies: 19
Views: 22515

Re: Stocking Truck

wish I could find the stocking truck. I was at the Rancocas (WB) yesterday and it was d e a d.... got a couple of sunnies. Still no evidence of trout along that stream Wednesday, May 2 Burlington County Crystal Lake Rancocas Creek SW/B try any bridge over the SBRR on Tuesday morning in Clinton... :D
by lightenup
Fri May 04, 2018 2:53 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: SBRR wild browns marking coloration
Replies: 30
Views: 44135

Re: SBRR wild browns marking coloration

So, I agree with you, I am saying every wild brown, I have ever caught out of the SBRR has these tell tale marks..I have also caught wild browns at smaller creeks that do and do not have the halo, but that white stripe on the fins in your picture are another sign of wild, I just have a hard time wit...
by lightenup
Fri May 04, 2018 2:29 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: SBRR wild browns marking coloration
Replies: 30
Views: 44135

Re: SBRR wild browns marking coloration

So, here is a wild trout from the SBRR... notice the red halo around the adipose fin, and the red line along the bottom of the tail fin. The spots are pretty "normal" for a brownie. The fish posted in the picture looks like a stockie from the Hackettstown hatchery...they are very distinct in appear...
by lightenup
Fri May 04, 2018 2:28 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: SBRR wild browns marking coloration
Replies: 30
Views: 44135

Re: SBRR wild browns marking coloration

So, here is a wild trout from the SBRR... notice the red halo around the adipose fin, and the red line along the bottom of the tail fin. The spots are pretty "normal" for a brownie. The fish posted in the picture looks like a stockie from the Hackettstown hatchery...they are very distinct in appear...
by lightenup
Fri May 04, 2018 2:25 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: SBRR wild browns marking coloration
Replies: 30
Views: 44135

Re: SBRR wild browns marking coloration

So, here is a wild trout from the SBRR... notice the red halo around the adipose fin, and the red line along the bottom of the tail fin. The spots are pretty "normal" for a brownie. The fish posted in the picture looks like a stockie from the Hackettstown hatchery...they are very distinct in appear...
by lightenup
Fri May 04, 2018 2:23 pm
Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
Topic: SBRR wild browns marking coloration
Replies: 30
Views: 44135

Re: SBRR wild browns marking coloration

so I can't figure how to post a picture, maybe someone can help with that...I don't have photobucket, trying to upload from desktop.. You need to find an alternate for PB. Doesn't look like the new site allows local hosting of pics. Try tinypic or postimage I'm sorry, I know more about trout than c...