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There are no fish in the 'Po. :D

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they do a great job with this one, if we didn't have soccer opening day on Saturday id be down there.

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My son is only two but I plan on taking him over to Nomahegan at some point just so he can be a part of the excitement. Here he is getting some practice in on the Rahway River a few weeks ago. I will send you a PM if you want to meet up. The weather is a concern for me as well, so we won't be out long.

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I would have to somewhat agree with Thyer.

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It's shaping up to be a cold and possibly wet opener. Trout will be hunkered down.

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Guess here is as good as any for a first post.
My son has been bugging me for a couple years now to go fishing. So opening day it is. We will be heading to either the D&R canal or feeder. Probably somewhere along rt 29. Or possibly in Lawrenceville off of Quaker Rd. I was also tossing around Assunpink Creek as well. Was going to access it off of rt 130 in Robbinsville. Kind of a first for both of us since it's been prob 15yrs since I've been out. Any tips for those locations would be awesome.

And thanks in advance. Looking forward to good times here.

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I was going to opening day but saw your catfish post. Definitely changing plans.

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D&R Canal with a coworker bud. In Lambertville. Hope the weather isn't too nasty.

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Oxford furnace lk. Gonna try for muskie. Lol

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Looks like those of us getting out this Saturday will be fishing in the snow, hahahahaha! Should be interesting! Good times will be had by all! I told my 6 year old "Chase" the weather wasn't looking too good! He asked "Why?" I told him it might be snowing and raining with some chilly temps. I then asked him what his thoughts were..............

His reply! "Daddy don't worry we'll just wear our winter coats with our hoods on! Don't forget to pack gloves! Were outta here!!!" That's what the kid said at age 6! I said "Ok then Chase, we're outta here!" Followed by a father son high five! Now that's what I'm talking about! This is what it's all about! The kids ready to roll out despite the crappy conditions! Yep, I live for this!!! We live for this!!!
Let's GOOOOOOOOOO!!! Good luck to all no matter what your fishing for!

TIGHT LINES TO ALL!!!:D

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Kinda glad about the forecast. Hopefully it keeps the crowd down a bit.

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Bring on the snow, it should keep the fair weather fisherman home. :D

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Saturday : New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

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I was planning on hitting the "Kill" or the "Flatty". Not sure now how the levels will be after this storm. Maybe I'll just hit the local park pond, elbow some little kids out of the way :D and try to grab a few. Unfortunately no broodstock there this year. I'll be out though, rain or shine, or snow!?!?

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Find out who the real fishermen are...

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LOL - Yes, that's my plan too.
I'm going to show up at the pond at 7:59, push my way to the edge of the water and find someone sitting down. Then I'm going to stand in front of him.

He'll move because nobody can fish with someone's ass in their face. :D

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that"s why the state stocks it steve.:rolleyes: gonna go up there with the boy a little further up. we'll see how it goes.

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Hard to make plans with a ten year girl! Right now she says Nomo at 7AM then the mill. But that could change. I will prob go back to Nomahegan in the afternoon.

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"G", the levels on both the 'kill and Flat should be fine. The middle and lower Flat was stocked today and the creek was low while we were stocking but the rain has brought it up to a nice level.

As for your local park pond, even though it may not be on the 'Bonus Broodstock Lake' list this year it still gets a few bigguns. Whatever it gets in years it's on the list it receives 10% of that in off years. So if it gets 50 breeders in 'on list' years it'll have 5 this year. That's pretty much the standard formula for that program.

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Headed to Big Flatbrook for the first time in 5 years.
Snow adn cold in the forecast
Can't wait!!!

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I'll be counting the anglers on the Pequannock River TCA.

Good Luck to all,...........they're out there!

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broodstock pond for the 8 am start
streams in the afternoon

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Pohatcong creek is one of my fav places to fish in New Jersey.
I'm undecided where I am going this opening day.

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local supermarket too much of a cluster **** opening day I wait to mid week to take the boys out


always one ass out there who starts bitchibg great kids next to me so I than spend the next hour casting over his 4 poles he brang pulling all his lines in just to cut my hook off and say sorry u can deal with the mess

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That's amazing

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Going stream hoping in the morning, then probably taking a ride to the Musky river. Bring on the snow/rain/cold/wind love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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TROUT!!!!!!!:D

Good luck to all heading out today! Let the games begin! Stay warm guys and gals!!!

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I wish the weather today was as good as it was in February:confused:

29 degrees out my window now.

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Have fun boys. Elbow to elbow not my cup of tea.
I'll be out monday when everyone is punching into work

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Landed 3 so far today on the cong all on spinners. No one catching on anything else. Going to try a couple other spots this afternoon

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Just got back from the local stock pond. Maybe 6 fish caught that I saw for maybe 25 people spread all around. Even saw a couple canoes out in the middle only get 1. Tough morning and super cold but not nearly as bad as the weatherman said. I may try again tomorrow but until there's some actual sun I don't see it picking up.

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Sounds almost exactly like my day. I started out at Echo Lake Park, saw maybe 15 trout caught by 30 or so anglers over 2.5 hours. I could only manage 3 small pickerel before I finally gave up. I swung by Franklin Lake just to see what was going on, I nailed a nice perch on a jerkbait, that was it. Left for home once the sleet started up heavy.

Here's a vid from Echo Lake, for those more interested in pickerel than trout:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csy1TC5F74w

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Hit a local pond around 10am. 20 anglers with only a few between them. Started with pink garlic salmon eggs retrieved super slow with just a couple small split shot. Consistently hooked up. Caught 14 and left with my limit in about 1 1/2 hours.

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I managed to catch a few at Seely's Pond.
I saw maybe 40 trout caught in the first two hours, with a few guys limiting-out and going home in the first half-hour.

Standing in cold, squishy mud when it's 30 degrees out isn't ideal fishing conditions, but my little bottle of Wild Turkey 101 made the conditions more tolerable.

Fish & Game usually sends a census taker out to the pond on opening day to see how we did, but I didn't see one this year.

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Good thing i did ok this morning. The afternoon was a bust...making things worse was the guy next to me caught 5 fish in maybe half an hour using the same bait i was..

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I stopped by Nomahegan around 10 am and there was a census taker there. Any way to find out how many of the stockies were caught? In particular, how many of the broodstock are still out there for those of us who didn't get out today? My guess is quite a few as I didn't see too much action or many full stringers. The fish I did see caught were very small.

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Killed it on the rockaway. Between me and 6 other guys we caught over 50. I landed 9 and many other hits. Spinners took most, repalas and powerbait did work.

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Sounds like a bunch of guys did well from what I'm hearing via text/phone and seeing on this forum. Way to go to the guys that caught some fish. AWESOME!!! It's just the beginning of another banner season here in the beautiful state of NJ!

YEA BUDDY!!!!!:D:);)

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I don't know. But there are more stockings scheduled in the near future:
Here is the stocking Schedule: http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/trtstk16.htm

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Me and my cousin slammed the stream early this morning. We got there around 4am and we were the only people there all day once 8am and beyond rolled around. I limited out caught 6 Rainbows in an hour, cousin got 4 bows so it was a banner opening day for the family.