Round Valley trout stocking March 26th:

[AndyS]

The R.V.T.A. is having it's annual trout stocking at the reservoir, this Sunday March 26th at 9 am. Everyone is welcome, so come out and join the excitement! You will see some beautiful fish to be released. This year to make it even more exciting the R.V.T.A stocking committee has decided to go for the GOLD this year. On Sunday around 100 golden rainbow trout will be released. If you have never seen one of these goldens, they are beautiful. Along with the goldens roughly 200 browns and around 50 mixed larger trout will go in. As always, this is kid friendly so bring them down to see some of these great fish! Hope to see you there.

[NJ Dave]

I was planning to fish there this Sunday.
So with the stocking is this area closed to fishing on that day?

[bigfishy]

No RV is never closed

[Dave B.]

No RV is never closed

Correct, however since trout season is closed any trout caught must be 'immediately' released. That means no pausing for hero shots, just unhooked and back in the water.

[acabtp]

Correct, however since trout season is closed any trout caught must be 'immediately' released. That means no pausing for hero shots, just unhooked and back in the water.

that is incorrect. rainbows and browns are never closed at RVR. iit is a trophy trout lake; for rainbows and browns the size limit is 15" and the bag limit is 2 trout per day, any day of the year. see page 22 of the 2017 freshwater digest or http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/pdf/2017/trtregs17.pdf

the no hero shots suggestion is good advice however, on the other bodies of water that are open to fishing during the trout stocking period but aren't trophy trout lakes. places like lake hopatcong, swartswood, etc.

[Wilson]

Makes no sense to me that Trout can be taken at Merrill and Rvr and all the rest of the waters are C+R. Guess if you are caught with Trout in your cooler just say you caught them at RVR or Merrill:confused:

[NJ Dave]

that is incorrect. rainbows and browns are never closed at RVR. iit is a trophy trout lake; for rainbows and browns the size limit is 15" and the bag limit is 2 trout per day, any day of the year. see page 22 of the 2017 freshwater digest or http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/pdf/2017/trtregs17.pdf

the no hero shots suggestion is good advice however, on the other bodies of water that are open to fishing during the trout stocking period but aren't trophy trout lakes. places like lake hopatcong, swartswood, etc.

That was what I thought. Thank you.

[15FOOTER]

Guys releasing a fish at the valley..hahaha thats funny

[Dave B.]

that is incorrect. rainbows and browns are never closed at RVR. iit is a trophy trout lake; for rainbows and browns the size limit is 15" and the bag limit is 2 trout per day, any day of the year. see page 22 of the 2017 freshwater digest or http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/pdf/2017/trtregs17.pdf

the no hero shots suggestion is good advice however, on the other bodies of water that are open to fishing during the trout stocking period but aren't trophy trout lakes. places like lake hopatcong, swartswood, etc.

My apologies for posting the incorrect info! I had forgotten RVR was a Trophy lake. Thanks for posting the correct info.

[hammer4reel]

stopped by this morning.
some very nice fish being put in.
Im sure the eagles are going to love the goldens. they will def be putting a hurting on them from above.

[Moz]

Guys releasing a fish at the valley..hahaha thats funny

It does happen from time to time, or for some all of the time.... ;)

[briansnat]

Guys releasing a fish at the valley..hahaha thats funny

I've never kept anything caught at RV. Have you seen that water? It's filthy!

Kidding. But I rarely keep fish. I only keep stockie trout in rivers where they aren't likely to make it through the summer. In places like RV and rivers where they hold over I always let fish go.

[Super]

Guys releasing a fish at the valley..hahaha thats funny
I've fished RV religious since 2002 and kept less than 5 fish. But I know what you're getting at.

[briansnat]

I've fished RV religious since 2002 and kept less than 5 fish. But I know what you're getting at.

I think they kind of want you to keep the lakers.

[Super]

I think they kind of want you to keep the lakers.
I've heard the theory a lot. Harvesting the smaller lakers will allow the forage fish to repopulate and lead to bigger fish. But I'm just not convinced that it will work, particularly when so many rainbows are stocked. And I like catching 22" lakers. And I don't kill wild trout. And lakers taste like old shoes. So I'm tossing em back.

[acabtp]

I've heard the theory a lot. Harvesting the smaller lakers will allow the forage fish to repopulate and lead to bigger fish. But I'm just not convinced that it will work, particularly when so many rainbows are stocked. And I like catching 22" lakers. And I don't kill wild trout. And lakers taste like old shoes. So I'm tossing em back.

you can keep tossing them back if you want, that's up to you... but the slot limit does work

[Super]

you can keep tossing them back if you want, that's up to you... but the slot limit does work, that is not a question
Why do you think that? The herring population hasn't recovered. Or am I wrong?

[acabtp]

Why do you think that? The herring population hasn't recovered. Or am I wrong?

It is helping spread out the sizes of the lakers, which I think was the goal.

When they check the guts of RVR harvested fish, the rainbows are full of inverts and the lakers have more than their share of the forage fish, so I don't know that anything will be able to restore the herring now that the laker population is established... That ship has probably sailed.

[Super]

It is helping spread out the sizes of the lakers, which I think was the goal.

When they check the guts of RVR harvested fish, the rainbows are full of inverts and the lakers have more than their share of the forage fish, so I don't know that anything will be able to restore the herring now that the laker population is established... That ship has probably sailed.
Admittedly I haven't seen Shawn's presentation so I may be speaking out of turn but, if there are fewer smaller lakers then, by definition the population is more spread out. Unfortunately that doesn't mean that there are more big lakers. Just fewer smaller lakers.