All about trout fishing in the great Garden State!
-
BiggerThomas
- Posts: 469
- Joined: Wed Apr 18, 2018 1:44 pm
- Location: Whenever somebody's looking to be free...look in their eyes--you'll see me.
Post
by BiggerThomas » Fri May 19, 2023 8:50 pm
Stick.
Today I fished Jackson Brook in Morris County, which the State listed (in 2014) as holding wild browns. It is very picturesque once you get upstream of the picnic area, but woefully empty of trout--or any fish, for that matter. A nice place to hike but that's about it.
-
Attachments
-
- 20230519_160005.jpg (4.43 MiB) Viewed 10548 times
-
- 20230519_164733.jpg (5.35 MiB) Viewed 10548 times
-
- 20230519_164735.jpg (6.51 MiB) Viewed 10548 times
"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,
-
cappy
- Posts: 339
- Joined: Sun Apr 29, 2018 12:22 pm
- Location: On the River
Post
by cappy » Sat May 20, 2023 4:40 am
I've fished it three times, no fish, however one trip I did come across a nine inch dead brown in the stream so there must be some in there.
Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.
Anatole France
-
Drossi
- Posts: 308
- Joined: Thu Apr 19, 2018 1:05 pm
Post
by Drossi » Mon May 22, 2023 8:21 am
That park gets an insane amount of traffic. The creek is pretty much pounded daily by hikers, dogs, and rock throwing kids. All of which I'm sure make the fish ultra spooky.
You're NOT worthy
Purveyor of the dark art of the long rod
slingin' cane
-
joe_panella
- Posts: 154
- Joined: Wed Apr 18, 2018 3:08 pm
Post
by joe_panella » Tue May 23, 2023 9:24 pm
In 2014 it had decent shocking numbers. I have heard bed reports on this stream forever, I think it is probably pounded. It was most likely the source of the wild browns in the Rockaway in Dover.
