Manasquan River Trout - Not!

[Wilson]

Well there you have it from the horses mouth. Nice post Mark. There are quite a few Trout guys on this board, and lots of them say "they didn't stock". Seems the fall Trout are a little smarter then the Spring ones. I'm guessing that the warmer water in the fall puts them off untill they get acclimated to the new water temps. Do you have any ideas on that thought?

[Mark B.]

Originally Posted by Wilson

Well there you have it from the horses mouth. Nice post Mark. There are quite a few Trout guys on this board, and lots of them say "they didn't stock". Seems the fall Trout are a little smarter then the Spring ones. I'm guessing that the warmer water in the fall puts them off untill they get acclimated to the new water temps. Do you have any ideas on that thought?

Could be the warmer water temp. That seemed to be the case last fall,....we were in a drought, & anglers were really complaining about not catching any, at first. In a couple of weeks,..it got colder, & they started catching. Today, the winds are still out of the southwest. When we get those colder northwest winds, they'll start biting.

In my above post, forgot to include Hockhockson as one of the area's trout maintenance streams.

[Jerseydix]

Thanks Mark. Good info. I'll keep trying the Squan, had better luck on the NB of the 'Conk.