Garden State Trout

PortMurrayAng wrote: ↑

Fri May 29, 2020 2:20 pm

Thanks, gents. How was the fishing? Any march browns yet?

Troutman wrote: ↑

Fri May 29, 2020 12:15 pm

Ive never had a problem up near the hancock-deposit area. I have been fishing up there for the past 10 years for wild trout. The best thing about up there is. I can fish NY & PA with either license on that river on either side

Rusty Spinner wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 03, 2020 1:35 pm

Troutman wrote: ↑

Fri May 29, 2020 12:15 pm

Ive never had a problem up near the hancock-deposit area. I have been fishing up there for the past 10 years for wild trout. The best thing about up there is. I can fish NY & PA with either license on that river on either side

Only below the West Branch Angler Resort on the West Branch. From there down it is a border water, although the mainstem is a border water its entire length. The No-Kill on the West, for example, is wholly in NY state and requires a NY license. Same for the entire East Branch which is all in NY. Unless you regularly fish PA, it's always better to get the NY license which covers all the Catskills waters. If things are blown out on the tailwaters, I may run back to the Beaverkill or Willow, and those are both in NY only.

PortMurrayAng wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 03, 2020 3:23 pm

Thanks RS. Not making it this week, maybe next. i need new fly line.

Rusty Spinner wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 03, 2020 5:01 pm

PortMurrayAng wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 03, 2020 3:23 pm

Thanks RS. Not making it this week, maybe next. i need new fly line.

By then it should just be sulphurs although Isos may mix in. Bug Week can be very frustrating when they key in on one life stage of a single insect and nothing you toss at them works.

cappy wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 04, 2020 10:31 am

I was up at the WBA this past Friday thru Sunday. Friday the WB except for the extreme upper section and main were unfishable, they got hammered with multiple storms in the morning. Water was to muddy until the evening, and even then it was very cloudy. Didn't fish much, just relaxed (beers) and watched the water for action. Saturday was a beautiful day, caught some nymphing the riffles, with a slow evening hatch. Not sure if the sudden high pressure and cold snap slowed and delayed it. They didn't start to rise until nearly 9:00 pm. I managed two around 14" on a small spent caddis, and lost a nice one just as I was getting the net out. Fished the riffles Sunday morning early and managed one, hit the upper Willow for Brookies on the way home and managed two before heading to Livingston Manor to pick up pastries before heading home from Brandenburg Bakery, highly recommend.

Rusty Spinner wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 04, 2020 11:36 am

cappy wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 04, 2020 10:31 am

I was up at the WBA this past Friday thru Sunday. Friday the WB except for the extreme upper section and main were unfishable, they got hammered with multiple storms in the morning. Water was to muddy until the evening, and even then it was very cloudy. Didn't fish much, just relaxed (beers) and watched the water for action. Saturday was a beautiful day, caught some nymphing the riffles, with a slow evening hatch. Not sure if the sudden high pressure and cold snap slowed and delayed it. They didn't start to rise until nearly 9:00 pm. I managed two around 14" on a small spent caddis, and lost a nice one just as I was getting the net out. Fished the riffles Sunday morning early and managed one, hit the upper Willow for Brookies on the way home and managed two before heading to Livingston Manor to pick up pastries before heading home from Brandenburg Bakery, highly recommend.

The beauty of the upper D is that there is almost always at least one river fishing well when others are not. I would have hit the upper East if I were you or even the lower East. But once a high pressure system moves in, it takes a couple of days for the hatches to crank up and the fish to look up. I was up Sunday and Monday and had decent fishing after several days of high pressure.

cappy wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 04, 2020 12:53 pm

Rusty Spinner wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 04, 2020 11:36 am

cappy wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 04, 2020 10:31 am

I was up at the WBA this past Friday thru Sunday. Friday the WB except for the extreme upper section and main were unfishable, they got hammered with multiple storms in the morning. Water was to muddy until the evening, and even then it was very cloudy. Didn't fish much, just relaxed (beers) and watched the water for action. Saturday was a beautiful day, caught some nymphing the riffles, with a slow evening hatch. Not sure if the sudden high pressure and cold snap slowed and delayed it. They didn't start to rise until nearly 9:00 pm. I managed two around 14" on a small spent caddis, and lost a nice one just as I was getting the net out. Fished the riffles Sunday morning early and managed one, hit the upper Willow for Brookies on the way home and managed two before heading to Livingston Manor to pick up pastries before heading home from Brandenburg Bakery, highly recommend.

The beauty of the upper D is that there is almost always at least one river fishing well when others are not. I would have hit the upper East if I were you or even the lower East. But once a high pressure system moves in, it takes a couple of days for the hatches to crank up and the fish to look up. I was up Sunday and Monday and had decent fishing after several days of high pressure.

Hi Brian - I was thinking about the EB, however I never fished it and don't know where to go for public access, after the drive up to see the muddy water, didn't feel like exploring the unknown. I heard it's not as accessible as the WB.