Main stem Raritan "plenty of fish"
 

I came down with an illness at work at 9:30am and was on my way to recovery on the river by 10:00am.Fished the main stem of the raritan downstream from Duke falls and picked up some real nice Bows on jigs.Most fish had nice fins which are possible holdovers and some were beat up with nubs.Popped off 2 real nice fish in the "deep" with heavy jigs never got a look at them.
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YEAH BUDDY !!!! Seeing all kinds of baitfish in the river now. I just keep thinking this had something to do with it, and will continue all the way to New Brunswick if we can. Thanx for the report !!

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Nice job Shuck. That last specimen is a chubby f'er!

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Man, just imagine if that section of river was actually stocked with them...

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HEYYYYYYYYY BUDDY!!! Nice bag o Trout you got there. Very nice fish coming out of the river these days. Great catching SHUCKER!:D

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lets get some steelhead in there so i dont have to go to pulaski...

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Second pic looks see runish or holdoverish to me....
What do ya think ANDY?? you seein lots a fish go through that ladder lately??

oh and well done shucker!!! Nice choice in presentation!!!

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The fish ladder is closed for the winter. Viewing and recording take place in April through June to track the migration of American Shad. Trout are viewed going UP river through the ladder each spring, about 100 trout annually.
As we all well know, and Mark B. has stated it COUNTLESS times, trout WILL NOT and CAN NOT holdover in the Raritan river. These fish are coming over the Headgates dam from the North and South Branch of the Raritan river.

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R u being serious??

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Nice RR troutys shuck!! Any other species in the mix??? N as far as RR holding trout yr round.. I vote yes!!.. maybe some yrs it just gets to hot n certain stretches but I know 95% there's surviors from spring!!!