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Originally Posted by americandesi
I've caught a lot of trout fishing inline spinners in the South Branch of Raritan in Long Valley. That stretch is heavily stocked and has wild fish. It hasn't rained much this year so the streams are much lower and warmer than usual. Right now they are about 1/3rd their usual flows.
The best time to fish for stream trout in the summertime is usually right after it rains (a day after on a small stream, 2-3 days on the larger streams). In a year where we get a usual amount of rain, the Black River in Hacklebarney State Park is also worth checking out if you don't mind hiking to get down to the stream.
But as mentioned earlier, please check the water temps. I personally don't fish for trout when the temps are above 68 because I catch and release. Studies have shown that if one catches and releases a trout above that temp that they are likely to die within 48 hours from the stress involved with being caught even if they swim away fine. Also trout don't fight nearly as good once the water temps reach the mid 60s and above as they do when the water temps are lower. Catching bass is more fun for me in the summertime because they fight better in the warm water.
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Great! I am loving all of this info! I was thinking about going after it raining, makes perfect sense. And I know what you mean about catching bass in the summer. I just caught one yesterday in the Rockaway River. It was literally 10 feet in front of me just swimming back and forth, I finally got it to hit one of my bottom jigs and it put up a great fight! [IMG]
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