[Skunk City]

Originally Posted by Almaink

I sent an email to F&G and got this quick response.

I'm sorry to hear of the disappointing experiences you've had on the canal. I've forwarded your message to staff involved with the program for review. PT

Then I got this response
I heard back from Mark Boriek who says you are in the feeder canal and confirmed it got 4,160 trout during the pre-season. As you noted, it is not stocked the first week of in-season, but it is stocked in-season weeks 2- 7, getting 1,670/week, for in-season weeks 2 - 5 and 1,040/week for in-season weeks 6 & 7. This means a Grand Total of 12,920 trout for the popular water.

The Upper Ferry Rd. Bridge is our lowermost stocking point. We stock upstream of there at points along the D&R towpath in Washington Crossing State Park (Scudders Falls Area) & all the way up to Bulls Island.

The D&R Canal's source of water, & fish, is the Delaware River @ Bulls Island - the river is still quite cold now (51 by Lambertville) and trout aren't feeding very vigorously. The pickerel do bite when the water is cold, like now, unlike Smallmouths & Crappies that bite when the water is warmer.

The trout are there,....we don't know why they are not biting other than the cold water temperature.

During the preseason stocking, Mark got a call from an angler who caught & released some trout @ the next bridge down from The Upper Ferry Rd. Bridge. So, some moved downstream.

I hope the above is helpful. PT

So at lest they listen but I wonder about this cold water thing. We will see...

Very detailed response, kudos to F&W.