Troutzzzzz - NJ wilds/stockers and NY steel

[Chrisper4694]

Two trips for trout and 1 for steelies over the past 2 weeks. one trip was limited due to recent rains and rivers all messed up, but my buddy and I hit up some nice numbers of NJ stocked rainbows with some either wild or long term hold over rainbows in the mix. The full fins, amazing color and unmistakably stronger fight were a sure giveaway.

recent stocked


wild or long term holdover


After work on a later date, with the rivers calmed down a bit, I hit up a NJ spot after work and found the fish to be super picky. After going through a bunch of lures and flies, I found what they were looking for...the evil plug! Ended up nabbing quite a few wild browns and a wild rainbow, including this absolutely gorgeous brown that was either wild or long term holdover (i'm leaning towards wild, based on body shape, color and strength of fight).









OMC and I also did a last minute trip the other week to hit up some fallback steelhead in NY. We opted to pay for a drift boat for the day and we had a real fun, relaxing, ball busting day we went 14 for 24 I was using a center pin for the first time so I may have skewed the fish landing ratio haha.