Wild Brookie in an urban creek?

[Jigman13]

Nom nom nom nom... lol

[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?

[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

[Chrisper4694]

anything is possible for sure, can't argue that!

[Mark B.]

Scroll towards the bottom of this: http://www.nj.gov/dep/rules/rules/njac7_9b.pdf

All NJ waters are listed by drainage. They are classified:

TP – Trout Production (trout can reproduce).

TM – Trout Maintenance (trout don’t reproduce, but the water remains cold enough for them to hold over the summer months).

NT – Non Trout (no reproduction, no hold over,…..the water gets too warm in the summer).

[23cardinal]

Originally Posted by Mark B.

Scroll towards the bottom of this: http://www.nj.gov/dep/rules/rules/njac7_9b.pdf

All NJ waters are listed by drainage. They are classified:

TP – Trout Production (trout can reproduce).

TM – Trout Maintenance (trout don’t reproduce, but the water remains cold enough for them to hold over the summer months).

NT – Non Trout (no reproduction, no hold over,…..the water gets too warm in the summer).

Missed that link. T.y.

[antgogz]

Originally Posted by 23cardinal

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

Wow that must have been cool to watch. I have yet to fish the pompton. Any trout in the passaic are def coming from there then.

[NJSquatch]

Originally Posted by 23cardinal

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

The stream classifications mapping can also be found on the NJGeoWeb under the Water layers group (Surface Water Quality Classification).

http://www.nj.gov/dep/gis/geowebsplash.htm

[yumasdad]

I would tend to believe that there are plenty of streams which still hold wild brookies.
Look streams that are spring fed & rocky with a consistent flowage & you will find them. If you do I would suggest not fishing for them but they tend to be so in tune with vibrations that you may never see them. They are the smartest most beautiful fish in the country. IF YOU MUST FISH FOR THEM PLEASE BEND DOWN ANY BARBED HOOK, WEAR LATEX GLOVES AS TO NOT DISTURB THEIR SLIME COATING.

I told someone once about my little nuggets & came back to find a dead fish in a pool. He was promptly banished form any honey holes & cut him out of my life.

In fact I know if two streams in WAYNE alone that have a healthy breeding population but you would be better off getting a truth out of the HILLIARY beast.