Paulins Kill - Are There Fish in This Section?
Paulins Kill - Are There Fish in This Section?
First and foremost question - are there fish in this section? There are definitely some areas that “look” worthwhile once you get above the still water near the lake.
Second - you will see that I used Yellow in the attached map to show where I saw POSTED signs on the river side of the trail. You can see two very random signs that are the yellow “dots,” as well as a consistent section posted by the Paulins Kill Property Owners Association. That stretch is consistent, at least. The two random signs left me puzzled.
There’s also a “peach” area of the map that shows a cut-out patch of land off the trail that also had one single (very worn out) POSTED sign. I walked through it anyways, got down to the river, and did see another NO TRESPASSING sign once I got to the water. Anyone know anything about this patch of land? It almost looks like it was once a growing ground for something.
Forgive me if any of this is out of bounds, I know talking about spots can be sensitive. I’ll take this down, if requested, or feel free to take it to my PM’s. Honestly, I’m just a dumb guy trying to figure out areas that hold fish that I can legally fish in.
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Re: Paulins Kill - Are There Fish in This Section?
Locate public access on a tax map and find out for yourself.
"Most anglers spend their lives in making rules for trout, and trout spend theirs in breaking them."
-From Letters to Young Fly-Fishers, (1926) Sir George Aston,
-From Letters to Young Fly-Fishers, (1926) Sir George Aston,
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Ok, let's just take this down. I don't want to this left up if I'm asking the wrong questions. Was just curious.
I'd do it myself but the option to edit or delete the original post doesn't seem to be available.
I'd do it myself but the option to edit or delete the original post doesn't seem to be available.
Re: Paulins Kill - Are There Fish in This Section?
Can't speak to if there's any good fishing in that section cause I'm not familiar with it but by looking at tax maps, it looks like just about all of that stretch is fishable from one side or the other. Most of the northern bank is owned by NJ DEP land and some of the southern bank but there is some private property on both sides it looks like.
Re: Paulins Kill - Are There Fish in This Section?
what type of fish are you looking for . Im familiar with that section
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Re: Paulins Kill - Are There Fish in This Section?
forget about that section for trout unless they will be a recent stocking. The native fish there are suckers & sunfish off season
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Re: Paulins Kill - Are There Fish in This Section?
What do you look for in tax maps for access?SBRtool wrote: ↑Mon Sep 21, 2020 4:00 pmCan't speak to if there's any good fishing in that section cause I'm not familiar with it but by looking at tax maps, it looks like just about all of that stretch is fishable from one side or the other. Most of the northern bank is owned by NJ DEP land and some of the southern bank but there is some private property on both sides it looks like.
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Are the tax maps available online for free? Link please
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Re: Paulins Kill - Are There Fish in This Section?
Here you go: https://newjersey.maps.arcgis.com/apps/ ... 97d233fbbc
What you are looking for is public ownership versus private ownership. That said, the Paulinskill is a put and take trout fishery due to the dams that warm that river too much. But it has smallies in season and stocked trout at other times. I'm sure you can add rock bass, sunfish, largemouth, etc. in places. Much further upstream it has native brookies.
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