Garden State Trout

troutfishing4life wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 16, 2025 8:54 am

The goal is to join a different club on the south branch this year that our own Brian will be restoring

Just out of curiosity, what is the cost, what stretch of river and how much, and are there wild fish.

By 3 or 4, I assume you mean as an average for about 20 different rivers? Solitude Club is still very much alive and well having done a major river enhancement a couple of years ago done by one of my competitors. But that is one of five clubs on the upper SBR that come to mind initially. More on th...

I see maybe 3 or 4, what happened to Lake Solitude ??? By 3 or 4, I assume you mean as an average for about 20 different rivers? Solitude Club is still very much alive and well having done a major river enhancement a couple of years ago done by one of my competitors. But that is one of five clubs o...

When my father moved outside Asheville in 2004 ish they had the 500 year flood the season prior. The rivers actually fished well shortly after that. Roads and bridges were gone but the trout were still there for the most part. Rivers changed as you may suspect but they are resiliant. I honestly have...

I have fished just once this fall. I was just itching to get back on the water after the summer lay off. The water was so low (and it is lower now) that they were all ganged up in the deeper holes. I caught and released over a limit without moving my feet. Like shooting fish in a barrel. It was nic...

Yes some areas very shallow. I fish Ventnor to Longport most of the time and my brother in law has over 50 years fishing it, and this is the weirdest year ever. Each area has it’s own idiosyncrasies, up in Barnegat, Great Bay and down south of here back behind the wildwoods and then cape may area, ...

I was down at the Pequannock looking around and did not see much in the way of bugs. I used to hit great hatches in the poconos Memorial day weekend. I usually see March Browns on the Pequannock all of May. Granted there are not tons of them but fish take the drys.

Nice fish, did you bring him up without a hatch or was something on the water?

anyone ever fish this area? is it like the ken lockwood gorge? have you caught fish in the musky gorge? are you able to get around the 30' tall dam? my plan is to park at a fishing acess point upstream and hike downstream to the gorge or i could float my pontoon down there but then i would have to ...

Is there some possilbe TU work here?

Oh man, they have Winstons for the lifetime membership. It may have to go in the rack next to my TU lifetime winston

Roy, for me the answer varies. If chasing native brookies in a small stream, the standard run of the mill tan elk hair dry is as good a fly as you can ask for. On bigger rivers when the trout are taking emerging caddis below the surface film, seldom. But I will try a spent wing caddis which is the ...

I love to see wild fish coming out of the Musky, especially browns. I have not been to the lower section in a decade at least. I would hope with all the work done that the population of wild browns has been expanding. I am curious if anyone see redds in the main river or if the spawning is only taki...

I Hope you were dry fly fishing. Beautiful photos.

I would go with Art. I would think he would be more willing to do it as a full time rodmaker and his prices are very good. You can also try dennis menscer up at the West Branch. I am also friend with a gentleman named Munsey Wheby who i think would do it but you would have to send it. He is also a g...

I am 46 and used to drive through the area at times to pick up my roomate in allentown on my way to school at WVU. The area is unrecognizable compared to 20 years ago. The amount of development is off the charts. I have never fished it, but don't see how a spring creek in that area can maintain thro...

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.

Thanks for providing us this resource all these years. It is much appreciated Tom.

Those frankenfish should not be put in trout streams.

I know basically nothing about spin fishing anymore. What kind/size spinning rod and reel do you use for trout. Also what are the popular spinners people use and what size. Thanks in advance. I want to get my kids fishing, and I want to slowly work them into fly rods.