More landlocked salmon

[Wilson]

More landlocked salmon, ranging from 10.8 to 15 inches in length, were recently stocked in two northern NJ state park lakes by the NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife. Tilcon Lake (Allamuchy Mt. State Park) received 198 salmon and Lake Aeroflex (Kittatinny Valley State Park) received 227 salmon. Another 574 salmon in this size range are slated for Wawayanda Lake (Wawayanda State Park) in late September/early October.

For more information on the stockings and salmon fishing in New Jersey, visit http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/news/2014/salmonstk_tilconaero.htm on the Division's website.

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Been wondering if anyone has had any luck fishing for the salmon this year..Could understand being tite lipped if successful, they are a real sporty fish.. Not easy to find or to catch for that matter..Seems almost a shame to stock these babies, especially if they aren't going to take hold..I know NY state having tough time getting them to go in their Adarondak Lakes..

[Capt. Lou]

It would be nice if they would stock them in some the cold water streams !
I'm sure a couple of streams could possibly hold them! Very tough fighting fish , exciting in a srream!
Fly fished for them many times in Me & NB !!

[Art Berkman]

Wawayanda has been good to me !

Live Herring ;)

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ART: Without giving away any of your tactics, Would u classify being good to u by the numbers you are catching or the quality of the fish ur catching..Would u classify the fish as freshly stocked or holdover fish..Waywayanda used to be my favorite Jersey lake of all time back 50 years ago .Still ranks as one of Jersey's prettier bodies of water..Least in my mind..

[Art Berkman]

ART: Without giving away any of your tactics, Would u classify being good to u by the numbers you are catching or the quality of the fish ur catching..Would u classify the fish as freshly stocked or holdover fish..Waywayanda used to be my favorite Jersey lake of all time back 50 years ago .Still ranks as one of Jersey's prettier bodies of water..Least in my mind..

Good by numbers most are 15" - 16" all holdover's

[catfishonthelake]

I've seen the salmon at the hatchery. They are all good-sized, healthy fish when they are released. I think this fishery will continue to improve as the state continues to stock fish that have an almost 100% survival rate due to their size. Go get 'em.

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Thanks for the reply Art, Waywayanda probably the best place to stock LL salmon Has a little size right depth and good herring food base..RV reservoir would be other choice but it gets its share of trout stocking..Hope it takes hold they are one sporty fish...Lake George and Lake Champlain, probably the other good lakes to fish for them but it means a lots of travel time...Tite lines guys

[NJ Dave]

How kayak friendly is Waway?
Ive been up to RV but the wind is a killer there and makes ot tough in the yak.
Whats the adv depth there?
May make a nice fall float trip.
Thx.

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NJ DAVE: perfect lake for that style of fishing, sort of an hour glass shape with too basins both with really good depth, narrows loaded with weed beds good bass and pickerel fishing...B4 the state took it over u could rent boats from an old Zinc mining co. that had the rights here, so fishing was limited, bass and pickerel was outstanding, lake fished pretty heavily, but deep water trout and salmon fishing still pretty tricky..This place probably has some nice holdover brown trout...Salmon would and extra bonus...Good parking here and real easy to launch...Good luck, let me know how u do..Have a feeling frost bite fishing here could be good...For browns & LL salmon...

[NJ Dave]

Thx Howard. Going to give that a shot one day.
Heading up to LG in a few weeks. Plan on doing some lake pond river and stream fishing for trout and such.
Lets see if I can get some intel on that spiney water flea we spoke about.

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Dave: U asked earlier about depths at waywayand, Forgot to mention this lake is a mini 2 basin lake similar to Lake George, Both basins have major deep holes probably bout 70 to 80 feet deep..Good depth for trout and herring but overall lake in on the small size, no where near LG or RV..But truely wild looking, no cabins or homes on lake also only Elec Motors allowed so really peaceful, and no big wakes to worry about..I'd say the one draw back to this lake is that it has been really pounded over the years..However i think that has changed some, and this type of water body will come back real fast..just my 2 cents worth..Good luck in you trip...

[Bruce Litton]

Saw them come up and blast herring at the surface--during summer. Herring seem to sense safety up above the depths. Magic hour, the salmon shoot up from the depths they stay in, gorge, and dive back. I saw two guys in a canoe witness this once; they paddled over, one of the guys caught one.