Mill Brook in Randolph

[RichieFer]

Just curious if anyone has ever fished it. Its listed as a wild trout stream on NJ Fish and Wild life. It runs right behind my job and figured I would ask before my hike to check it out. Thank Richie

[ALS Mako]

Mill brook listed in the digest say it's in montague not randolph:confused:

[RichieFer]

I have to go back to Walmart and get the printed copy of the digest because you are right, it says montague on the online version but I could of sworn that it said Randolph in the printed copy. They also had to close the car wash at the dealer I work at because they said the water run off was going into the stream and it was a natural trout stream.

[Bill Willix]

I have fished it but not in years. It does have native brook trout in it and some browns. It also use to get stocked donot know if it does get stocked any more. Just because a stream isnt in the digest as a wild trout stream doesn't mean it isn't one. I fished flanders brook jackson brook dunnfields creek all before they were put on list and knew they had wild trout . My experience has been if a little stream in the northern part of the state looks like it can hold trout and you know it doesn't dry up in summer it probably holds them

[MaCe1]

I just checked my printed copy, it also says Montague. The FGW site also says "The Bureau of Freshwater Fisheries has documented reproducing trout populations in nearly 200 streams (or stream segments) statewide. However, as of 2016 only a small number (36) of these are designated and regulated as Wild Trout Streams (WTS). "

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

But if I google 'nj wild trout streams', click NJ wild trout streams, then click Mill Brook, it starts in/runs through Randolph.

So Richie, would you please fish it and let us know if there's wild trout in there?
:)

[Bruce Litton]

I know of a rill near Mendham about two feet wide. Son & I hiked to the source spring, about a mile, and on way, found one hole five feet deep and widened--half a dozen native brook trout to seven inches. Those are about the only fish in the stream, period. But for how many thousands of years, perhaps, has a very small population reproduced in this crick?