Anyone catching fall stockies?

[logs22]

I have yet to have any luck catching trout recently stocked and I wanted to see how everyone else was doing since I haven't seen any posts/pics recently. I fished the south branch on Sat. The day after the stock in the Flemington area and didn't have any luck only catching some dink SMB. I spoke with three other fisherman that day and none of them had caught anything. My local pond, Echo Lake just got stocked on Tuesday and I stopped by last night for a few casts but no luck (it was already dark though and I have never had much luck catching trout after dark).

Would be interested to hear how everyone else is doing......

[thmyorke1]

Good question. I was expecting at least a few post last weekend showing off some fall stockie catches, but somehow the only pic of a stockie last week was of a dying one I posted :(

The lack of reports should make it evident. Compare this to the posts of trout in the spring. Clearly the majority of trout aren't biting.

Green trout will do for now ;)

[Jigman13]

I just think a lot of guys are focusing on better things... like fish that weren't just dumped off a truck and tossed into dwindling pools. The fall feedbag for more enticing game fish is upon us. Trout fish in late November/early December and pray we get water.

[Mikey topaz]

This time of year is very different then the spring most of these fish are very skitish and more interested in chasing each other around.... I was out last week day after they stocked the rockaway. I got a few on some Caddis flys and moved to a deep pool and picked two more with the spinning rod gulp worms wacky rigged did the trick

[Mikey topaz]

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[Mikey topaz]

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[baetis]

8 fish last week and weekend over the course of 3 trips. Really had to work for them and fish very slowly. I had people work through the area I was fishing using spinners, lures, gobs of worms and didn't see anyone get a hit. No love on powerbait either.

It appeared to me like the fish wanted to spawn. Some were pairing up and I think some of my hits were out of anger.

[Chrisper4694]

I just think a lot of guys are focusing on better things... like fish that weren't just dumped off a truck and tossed into dwindling pools. The fall feedbag for more enticing game fish is upon us. Trout fish in late November/early December and pray we get water.

yeah i was going to swing by after work, when i didn't have time to get to anything better, but Jigman's reply is pretty spot on haha.

You'll have to check in with the bucketbrigade.com forum for info on freshly dumped fall stockies hahah

[thmyorke1]

Nice fish, Mr. Topaz. Glad to hear some are catching em.

[AndyS]

Checked out one of the local fall stocked ponds.

[thmyorke1]

Checked out one of the local fall stocked ponds.

Lol :D

Where is that pic originally from? My guess is a hotel outside of the pequest hatchery. :p

[Ken Lyons]

I see a lot of chasing each other and not a lot of feeding.Tom at the Sporting Life tells me that the Rainbows are coming in shallow at RV doing their annual search for an inlet stream. It’s spawning season.

[JDTuna]

I got a few wild browns last wknd. But, as a few people have said, water is pretty low.

[Mikey topaz]

nice fish, mr. Topaz. Glad to hear some are catching em.

👍

[bigfishy]

Lol :D

Where is that pic originally from? My guess is a hotel outside of the pequest hatchery. :p

looks like the big D to me.....with the amount of trout they put in the ponds , two or three a those birds could wipe em out in a week....

[NJSquatch]

Got out for an hour and a half after work.

Went 1 for 2 throwing the AndyS special. Beautiful 14" female released.

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[Skunk City]

Got a few out of the Pequest last week.

[Bruce Litton]

Mike & I fished smallmouths well upstream of stocking point. SB running a little high--SR release. Slow for bass, we caught only four up to two pounds in an hour or so. Then we tried for the trout. I just pitched shiners, but Mike had asked if salmon eggs would work in the fall. Sure. He lost a good trout on one of the only eggs I had--fire red. But with the water a little off color, that seemed the perfect presentation anyway.