[Humanzee]

My front yard is 100 feet from the Musconetcong River. I do a fair share of trout fishing. Its easy for me to stop trout fishing during the warm weather since I have easy access to the river and I know those fish get stressed easy. But I wouldn't tell anyone to not go fishing.

Bit of a catch 22 at this time of year. If you can use a slightly heavier line - say 6# instead of 4# - you'll be able to get the fish in quicker and tire him out less. But with how low and gin clear the water has been, sometimes really light line is needed. I've done just fine with 5# flurocarbon as my tippet on my fly rod, though.

Just a thought, but consider crimping your barbs down on a couple of spinners. This way, when you do get the fish next to you, you can pop the hook out with ease and don't even have to take the trout out of the water.

Trout are not very hardy compared to the smallmouth. Once they come out of the water in these temps (both air and water), they are going to have a tough time recuperating.

Good luck!