Places to fish on opening day for trout
 

State survey of what was caught where. Good for newbies and those who had bad luck in the past looking for a new places to go.

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/f...ersurvey16.pdf

Re: Places to fish on opening day for trout
 

Have they posted stocking allocations and broodstock locations yet? Can't seem to find it.

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http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/pdf...17-nodates.pdf

http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/bonus_brdstk17.htm


2017 BONUS BROODSTOCK PONDS AND LAKES
Waterbody County Waterbody Size (acres) Proposed 2017 Pre-season Trout Allocation Pre-season Broodstock Allocation 2017 2016
Birch Grove Park Pond Atlantic 12 390 50 10
Burnham Park Pond Morris 4 340 30 5
Dahnert's Lake Bergen 3 250 30 5
Franklin Lake Monmouth 15 360 30 5
Hook's Creek Lake Middlesex 10 450 50 10
Lower Echo Park Pond Union 6 390 30 10
Mountain Farm Pond Hunterdon 18 350 30 5
Shaws Mill Pond Cumberland 30 520 50 10
Sylvan Lake Burlington 12 420 50 10
Verona Park Pond Essex 13 470 50 10

Re: Places to fish on opening day for trout
 

My go to is spring lake ... not only state stocked but privately stocked with some monster trout.. tough to fish on the weekends with the crowd but mon-fri you should be able to fish where you want.

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D&R Feeder Canal is my go to. Plenty of elbow room and lots of fish too.

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And muskies!

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Just an FYI, you'll see the volunteers out again this Opening Day performing the Opening Day Angler Surveys on many of the same water bodies listed in the above link. After doing the pre-season float stocking on the Flatbrook on Thu I'll be running south to do the Opening Day Survey at Tuckahoe Lake in Cape May County on Sat. If anyone from here happens to be there give me a 'Howdy', I'd look forward to meeting you.