7 lb Trout stocking today!

[RAMMFISH66]

I watched the Pequest crew stock 30- 7 lb trout in a small north Jersey pond this morning. It took the fish ten minutes to acclimate themselves and off they went. Too bad the pond is only 6" to 8" in depth and needs a good cleaning. They also dumped many smaller ones too( 6 or so net fulls.) NJ TV was there filming and of course caught me for interview. I'm gonna try to get one of those trout on April 6 if I can get close to the pond since I expect it to be crowded.Rammie is sweetwater fishing for now...the surf will wait, see 'ya all later

[skippy]

Can you hook your local Bergen County Brothers up? Pm the name if you dont want to put on board. Thanks.

[njfisherman1975]

I hope they are still there on the 6th of April. sounds like a lock for some slob trout!!! tight lines...

[ScowardNJ]

You could pretty much pick any goose poo infested slop hole we have here in Bergen County that is stocked and count on a few slobs to be dropped in during the first week:D :p

[baetis]

Whites Pond.

I'm naming it since it is public knowledge that it is one of the broodstock ponds/lakes this year.

That place is packed on ordinary opening days. With the big fish this year, I wouldn't be surprised to see seats put out on the shoreline the day before.

[SaltLife1980]

It is a war zone there on opening day.

[NorthJerzyG]

I did well at my local parks last year when they were "bonus" lakes. Hooked up with 3 breeders opening day and landed 1 monster brown. Not bad considering I went with light trout tackle expecting to limit out.........

Maybe ill take the ride, lol........

[Mark B.]

Some real PIGS:

http://www.njtvonline.org/njtoday/video/nj-division-of-fish-and-wildlife-stock-waters-with-trout/

Go get 'em,.........on 4/6 @ 8 AM, of course!

[NJ Dave]

Anyone watching that video has just made there opening day plans.
Yea catch one of those and brag all you want but we all thats not trout fishing.
Drown a worm or float a shiners for a few hours and catch a fish. Yea that takes some skill.
Leave those fish for kids to catch.

[Mark B.]

Here's 9 more,.........to go to & muscle out those punk kids (they prefer sunnies & bullheads, anyway):

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/bonus_brdstk13.htm

[Moz]

Anyone watching that video has just made there opening day plans.


I was more swayed by the stickied post on here as to where I'll be going.

Although I might be missing out on a money-making opportunity by not selling hockey pads and helmets at the video's venue on opening day morning.

[buzzbaiter]

Next year they'll stock KLG with 15 lb channel cats and 30ln carp! :rolleyes:

(point being they don't belong there anymore than trout belong in a catfish pond)

[Lard Almighty]

Next year they'll stock KLG with 15 lb channel cats and 30ln carp! :rolleyes:

(point being they don't belong there anymore than trout belong in a catfish pond)I used to think that way myself. I live near Spring Lake and by mid-May I would see trout going belly-up in the warm water. Those that managed to survive the cormorants, anyway. But the idea of making these big trout accessible to everyone is appealing to me. It's nice that someone can go to a pond, without a boat or any special equipment, and have a chance to catch the trout of a lifetime.

Besides, where else should the state put these fish? Most of the streams in NJ are too small to handle more than a few fish that size. The ones that are often get too warm in the summer to hold the fish over. The big lakes that could hold these fish can't be fished effectively without a boat, which leaves out the majority of NJ anglers.

I pay $10.50 a year for a trout stamp. If that money means some kid catches a lunker trout and gets to have a picture or mount of it hanging in his office or den years down the road, I'd say that's money well spent.

[GetANet]

Well put Lard, Got my firststockies out of the so called CATFISH POND as well! Used velveta and corn to catch those little beauties!! Prob about 8or 9 inches but didn't matter they were still trout and made me feel like hot XXXX as a little kid! Imagine yourself as a little kid or a senior with one of those BIG ONES!!!! No better feelin in the world!!!!!! You'll remember it for the rest of your life!!! So leave those places for them to create a memory!
The state stocks plenty of fish of all sizes all over so there's plenty to go around for all of us.

[LIGHTACKLE]

Here's the trick with White's Pond. Wait and fish it in the evening..3/4 of the crowd will have left. I fish it regularly during the season since it's minutes from my home. But the real secret to fishing Whites is timing..knowing when to fish it..magic hours every morning BEFORE sunup and into sunset. See you there!

[baetis]

I'm always amazed that people frown upon the stocking of small ponds and other waters where trout "don't" belong.

Do people have any idea how crowded and littered the "pristine" trout waters would be if fish weren't spread around for all to enjoy? Plus, all of the revenue lost from people who didn't/couldn't want to travel for trout.

[Wilson]

I'm always amazed that people frown upon the stocking of small ponds and other waters where trout "don't" belong.

Do people have any idea how crowded and littered the "pristine" trout waters would be if fish weren't spread around for all to enjoy? Plus, all of the revenue lost from people who didn't/couldn't want to travel for trout.

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Ever been Trout fishing at let's say the Pequest and there a guy fishing in a hole with a surf rod and 5 oz. of lead:confused: I have.

[Jigman13]

X 2
Ever been Trout fishing at let's say the Pequest and there a guy fishing in a hole with a surf rod and 5 oz. of lead:confused: I have.

I see this at RVR ALL THE TIME... And it's worse when they set up like 5-6 rods all along a huge stretch of shoreline and they're nowhere to be found. Then they scare the crap out of you when they come strolling out of the bushes or pop up out of a pile of leaves waking up from a long nap!!!!