Main stem Raritan "plenty of fish"

[liveitup1.75liter]

R u being serious??

[liveitup1.75liter]

Nice RR troutys shuck!! Any other species in the mix??? N as far as RR holding trout yr round.. I vote yes!!.. maybe some yrs it just gets to hot n certain stretches but I know 95% there's surviors from spring!!!

[15FOOTER]

Wait wait..great looking fish man. Its great to see all these fish left in the river. Sorry to take your
thread off course but Andy when you say the ladder is closed do you mean its physically closed and the fish can not go through or is it just closed to observation. If it is physically closed for winter.....WHY?

[AndyS]

The ladder is closed ! Water drained. NJ American Water does this because of the ice that may build up in there and damage the ladder itself. Nice having a water company in charge of my fish.

[15FOOTER]

Wow that stinks. I guess I can kind of understand that reasoning even though I want to complain and yell about it. But Oct thru January is a great time for troutskies to move UP stream as well. Any new info on how the efforts down at the Manasquan are workin out? When will they give up on that? Were never going to get our wish are we Andy lol

[bigfishy]

Just keep trying guys!!! Squeaky wheel gets the grease

[AndyS]

Never say never. These photos are a huge help. I plan on going back and talking to the Fish and Game Council armed with these photos and all the clean up photos.
I will be asking for fall trout stocking to the town of Raritan in Raritan Borough and spring trout stocking to the town of Manville.
I try to do as much as I can, but keep most of it off here. I was back in Manville again tonight.