Best New Jersey Trout Fishing Starts Now!

[GetANet]

Hey got an idea, possibly put something together that we can the print out and sign and mail or e-mail to F&G about our opinions and support for the
LOWER Raritan River " A TRUE DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH " !!! I know Andy loves to write letters so maybe he can work one up we can all sign or individually. I lived on the very lower Raritan my whole life hunting and saltwater fishing since I was a kid but NEVER knew about the tremendous freshwater fishing in the lower section until the last two years!!!! I always ran north when I had great fishing right under my nose. NJF guys should ban together and be heard! ANDY works HARD for this (Along with any of you whom I didn't mention and i'm sure there's a few) So let's help out!
You know the squeaky wheel gets the oil so let's do our part and squeak!

[Almaink]

Maybe up north but down here in the Trenton area trout fishing is about done. They are in the D&R Canal we can see them, but the water is already to warm and they are not hitting anything. I'd love to know where they go once the water heats up. If they die you'd think you would see some floating but I never have. F&G biologist told me they will seek colder water but were? No way they are going to swim all the way from West Trenton Feeder Canal to the Raritan River. I was at the D&R Canal yesterday and talked with a few people that were fishing all day without one trout to show for it. I've been seeing a lot of that this year, and most say they are not going to bother buying a license next year. I did manage to get a fat 14" brookie and a barely 9" one in about an hour using a CD1 but it was hard fishing.

[Michael82929]

The extra fish program started three weeks back based on estimates the hatchery had... so those extra fish have already been entered into the tally.

Most of the northern NJ stream are stacked with fish at the moment... Need to get on the water at the right times and fish areas that dont seek the pressure.

In my opinion, years past you never saw as many lure fisherman as you see now in the streams. I personally think it has added another level of stress to the water and to the fish making them even more finicky this time in the season.

I can get on a piece of water and fish it for a good period of time where the fish are striving. Get one or two lure fisherman throwing spinners into a hole... after 50 times throwing in a small area, the fish get the message.

Then they walk past, give it about 30m and bam, back to pick and then a steady flow of hits and fish. Just my personal experience.