Waiving the magic wand - SBR edition

[Drossi]

Found myself out in Long Valley yesterday evening on business so I decided to parlay it into a visit to the SBR to fish for wild browns. I was hoping for in order 1) wild browns 2) hatching bugs/rising fish or 3) dirty water from rain showers. Well I got NONE. What is did get was a half dozen rainbows. My question becomes did the state change plans during COVID and stock the designated wild trout area or did these fish swim up from the nearest downstream stocking point (which would be Schooley's Mtn road)?

[thmyorke1]

yea i think they can stock at Schooley's Mtn road, but not upstream of that. And there's supposudely a dam just upstream of there and it should be blocking the stockies. So if you were above that road+dam then i think catching those stockies is unexpected.

https://www.njfishandwildlife.com/im..._sb_regs18.jpg

[Drossi]

Originally Posted by thmyorke1

yea i think they can stock at Schooley's Mtn road, but not upstream of that. And there's supposudely a dam just upstream of there and it should be blocking the stockies. So if you were above that road+dam then i think catching those stockies is unexpected.

https://www.njfishandwildlife.com/im..._sb_regs18.jpg

I was well upstream of both Schooley's Mtn road and of the club that's just past Ort Farms. I the section where these signs are posted.