Wild Brookie in an urban creek?

[Lard Almighty]

People are catching redtail catfish in Secaucus, so why the hell not?

[23cardinal]

Originally Posted by antgogz

If i had an idea of where you were maybe it would be understandable. However, nothing surprises me anymore. My buddy has caught rainbow trout in the passaic river miles away from any stocking, and i once saw a monster brown trout caught in the same area. Healthy looking too. But i guess you dont know til you catch it right?

Amen!
+100 to lard!
Njfw released a water quality report a few years back.lists local streams of water was capable of holding native trout. It's been a godsend.
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/cwfmp/53-74.pdf
This is where they say they've seen trout. You can also google your stream and see what it's classified as and what it's demerits are

And yea they stock the Pompton- it flows to the Passaic. It makes for some fun. Watched a pike demolish a stockie I lost by the old a/p McDonald's

[Ken Lyons]

I had a discussion years ago about that river with a guy from Fisheries. He was very high on it for trout. He said low water conditions are really better because of how much of the flow comes from springs.

[Chrisper4694]

Originally Posted by Ken Lyons

I had a discussion years ago about that river with a guy from Fisheries. He was very high on it for trout. He said low water conditions are really better because of how much of the flow comes from springs.

that sounds legit to me, the stream we've been having success in has been very cold to the touch for a month and the trout are feeding very well it seems and releasing nicely.