2017 Fall Trout

[AndyS]

Just remember, they stock and the trees unload. All the rivers and streams will be covered with a thick mat of leaves.
The MAJORITY of these fish will not start feeding until the 1st or 2nd week of November. These large fish have stored body fat and do not need to eat right away. Go out in November, all the guys are hunting, the leaves and fishermen are gone and you will have all the big fat hungry trout to yourself.

[AndyS]

You can also try some of disgusting duck ponds that are stocked in the fall also, like Roosevelt Park Duck Pond in Edison (if the cormorants don't beat you to it)

[thmyorke1]

Originally Posted by AndyS

2000 trout will go into the KLG for the fly guys, you shlubs can fight over the other 650 with your spinning rods.
I helped fall stock the KLG one year, it was disgusting the amount of trout they put into that 2 mile stretch of water.

Thanks for the info- and I cant believe it gets that much!

I guess they're prioritizing that prized stream, and make sure it's high claim stays true to every angler that visits it. But that seems overkill. 2000 in a stretch that already holds trout and is a TCA so it's not getting overfished?

Only 650 across the rest of the SB is odd too... NB gets more an it's not even half the length (especially less accessibility to public)

[acabtp]

Originally Posted by AndyS

Just remember, they stock and the trees unload. All the rivers and streams will be covered with a thick mat of leaves.
The MAJORITY of these fish will not start feeding until the 1st or 2nd week of November. These large fish have stored body fat and do not need to eat right away. Go out in November, all the guys are hunting, the leaves and fishermen are gone and you will have all the big fat hungry trout to yourself.

i was waiting for this because you post it every year, but i wonder why... in my experience (and the pics that get posted each fall by other NJF posters agree) it's just not at all what happens in reality. yes there will be annoying leaves in the water, but the fish are not sitting around with lockjaw. they have no problem getting themselves caught, even the day they go in. there is no reason to skip october.

[BT67]

Originally Posted by acabtp

i was waiting for this because you post it every year, but i wonder why... in my experience (and the pics that get posted each fall by other NJF posters agree) it's just not at all what happens in reality. yes there will be annoying leaves in the water, but the fish are not sitting around with lockjaw. they have no problem getting themselves caught, even the day they go in. there is no reason to skip october.

I must concur, the majority of these fish will be caught by the time November rolls around unless of course we can finally get some water in the rivers to help em spread out

[Mark B.]

If you have the patience to contend with hooking/unhooking the fallen/floating leaves, it will ultimately pay off in hooked trout.

And, posted every year (fall & spring): “disgusting duck ponds that are stocked”. Surely, the urban trout anglers who won’t or can’t travel to more pristine waters appreciate the stockings.

[AndyS]

Snagging hooks.

[thmyorke1]

Originally Posted by Mark B.

If you have the patience to contend with hooking/unhooking the fallen/floating leaves, it will ultimately pay off in hooked trout.

And, posted every year (fall & spring): “disgusting duck ponds that are stocked”. Surely, the urban trout anglers who won’t or can’t travel to more pristine waters appreciate the stockings.

If non-pristine streams in urban areas get stocked in the spring, such as the passaic, how come they can't get it in the fall?

[Hookmanski]

I'm just a bit bummed that Spruce Run Creek won't be getting any fall stockies, would have helped after losing some rainbows and brown from the quarry pumping earlier this summer. But the musky and KLG are close by too, so its not all bad! Ill be out there after I get back from my trip to California which is the second week of October. Tight lines to all!

[thmyorke1]

Originally Posted by Hookmanski

I'm just a bit bummed that Spruce Run Creek won't be getting any fall stockies, would have helped after losing some rainbows and brown from the quarry pumping earlier this summer. But the musky and KLG are close by too, so its not all bad! Ill be out there after I get back from my trip to California which is the second week of October. Tight lines to all!

Talk about spruce run, the reservoir gets no trout stocking any season. I figure trout from the few tributaries of the reservoir actually populate it however. Steelheads ?