Start the Rain Dance

[Billfish715]

Like shooting fish in a barrel or something like that. That's what it's going to be like on lots of the streams and brooks. I don't fish the main stem of the Raritan but I'm sure even that river has many unfishable stretches due to low water. The fish have to be concentrated in the more predictable seams and runs making them easier to locate and catch. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the smaller brooks are cut a little short on their stocking quota because of the low water. I hope not, but this low water situation might require some creative stocking measures. On one obviously lightly fished brook in Morris County, I saw at least 2 dozen trout under one log. When that brook gets stocked again this week, there will be even more there. In that stretch there are no other places for the trout to hide or hold. I'd rather have those trout put into a larger stream than have them living together in what amounts to an aquarium.