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Originally Posted by Billfish715
I admit to knowing very little or nothing about the main stem of the Raritan. It has always looked so imposing. I do know that it is stocked with trout through the stretch above Route 206, but is it stocked anywhere below there? I'm just curious how far it was from any stocking point where you caught the small rainbow. It's not that I'm looking to fish there but I'm wondering how far that fish might have swum from where it was stocked. Finally, in your opinion, what other kinds of fish and in what numbers should the state stock in order to turn the Raritan into a really top notch fishery? I know that there have been many species caught or recorded in the river but what species could the river best sustain? Or, should it just be left alone?
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What fish are in there? Every fish imaginable
if it swims in the Delaware it's in the Raritan too. Quite factual as the DnR canal basically feeds into the Raritan.
I've yet to see a snakehead in there tho. Flatheads definitely in the canal tho.
Trout, around now, can be found just about anywhere in the main stem too. found a nice sized one over 16 inches in Piscataway in Rutgers siene net.
Last stocking point is 206 but it doesnt mean much with how quick they spread out.
Many anadromous fish (especially currently)
Many tributaries of the Raritan are stocked with various fish that end up in there. Such as channel cats in ponds.
Imo if the state were to stock more than just spring trout in there, they should try obviously fall trout too, but try going big and attempt sea run browns which other nj rivers had been stocked for before.
Some say even salmon may be a good idea and possible.
