Re: Where are the brown trout?
Dave, I, for one appreciate and respect your reports. The more we know about why things happen, the more we can understand what we didn't understand. It's why questions should be asked and why they should be answered openly.
Over the many, many years I've been fishing for trout in NJ, I've seen different strains of browns introduced into the streams. The " native" brown trout are certainly not "native" just as you intimated. Some may naturally reproduce, but relatively few ever grow to jumbo proportions ( tributaries to major rivers not withstanding).
It should be obvious to everyone (even though you didn't say it) that NJ must continue to aggressively stock trout if we have any wish to catch them. There is not enough natural reproduction to sustain a large holdover population in most waters......some, yes, most, no. It is also obvious that given the thousands of stocked trout most of the trout are harvested or swim off or just perish since the streams only have a limited carrying capacity.
Dave, please keep us informed with any information you wish to share. Other than social media reports or press releases, fishermen have no more ways to find out about what is going on. Howard Brandt was the last reporter who was a voice for the sportsmen and women. Now we are left with rumors, inuendos, suspicion, and divisiveness among ourselves because we are left in ignorance.
Thanks for your candid responses and please excuse my diatribes.
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