A lucky brown trout in a North Branch tributary

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Hey guys!

I hopped out to a stream yesterday and fished for a short amount of time just before dark. I parked at a bridge on the Raritan north branch, but ended up wading up a tributary for a quarter mile or so, then BAM! This guy hit my trout magnet from behind a boulder!! He fought hard and was really flinging around out of the water splashing and making a scene, and surely spooking off every other fish in the pool!

I didn't expect anything but to enjoy the scenery on a nice evening... sometimes you catch em when you least expect it!