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First Brook trout

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 4:08 pm
by coaltrout
A friend and I were able to hook and land out first wild brook trout.
With some simple research, we found a stream that exclusively supports brook trout.

While we had some hit and nibble at the jigs with 1 inch grubs, the few brookies we hooked came on very tiny 1/80th oz jigs with some black marabou.

After we checked out another wild trout stream for less than half an hour, where my bud scored a brownie and both of us a few chubs.

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Re: First Brook trout

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 4:40 pm
by njcatchrelease
Congrats on your 1st brookie!

Fishing those WTS are a ton of fun.

Re: First Brook trout

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 5:04 pm
by Troutman
Niceeeee ;)

Re: First Brook trout

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 10:56 am
by troutfishing4life
Looks great! i still remember my first wild brook trout

Re: First Brook trout

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 1:25 pm
by Twism86
Congrats! Nothing a day of catching brookies!

Re: First Brook trout

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 5:00 pm
by NJpatbee
Congratulations! I caught my first wild brookie over 50 years ago and I now spend the majority of my fishing time chasing them.

Re: First Brook trout

Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 11:16 am
by theBWproject
Nice fish! Please don't forget to pinch your barbs in the WTS.

Re: First Brook trout

Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 1:34 pm
by Rusty Spinner
Great job and those fish all look fat and healthy as they should after a solid rain year. Many more!

Re: First Brook trout

Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 4:01 pm
by lightenup
Those are some beauties!!!

Re: First Brook trout

Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 7:57 pm
by rollcast
NJpatbee wrote:
Tue Feb 26, 2019 5:00 pm
Congratulations! I caught my first wild brookie over 50 years ago and I now spend the majority of my fishing time chasing them.
40 years ago I spent a week in Vermont chasing brookies, my first trip up there. It carried through til now, I'm so infatuated with them. I still get a thrill when I hook one. My largest natural brookie in NJ was 14"!

Re: First Brook trout

Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 7:21 pm
by coaltrout
Thanks all.
theBWproject wrote:
Fri Mar 01, 2019 11:16 am
Nice fish! Please don't forget to pinch your barbs in the WTS.
Yes I did.