Fall troutin

[thmyorke1]

Originally Posted by Drossi

Washed out sliver, not great coloration. They used to stock the leftover single year fish too. Mostly 5 inchers.

I see what you mean, i see other stocked trout from across the country get similar to what you describe and ive always noticed how NJ's rainbows are a lot more lively looking.
As well as some of my father's pictures of NJ rainbows back in the day.

They seemed to have a lot more black spots, a fainter red/pink line, like of this picture below
https://i.postimg.cc/d1SfPCGp/image.png