2017 Fall Trout

[AndyS]

2000 trout will go into the KLG for the fly guys, you shlubs can fight over the other 650 with your spinning rods.
I helped fall stock the KLG one year, it was disgusting the amount of trout they put into that 2 mile stretch of water.

[AndyS]

Just remember, they stock and the trees unload. All the rivers and streams will be covered with a thick mat of leaves.
The MAJORITY of these fish will not start feeding until the 1st or 2nd week of November. These large fish have stored body fat and do not need to eat right away. Go out in November, all the guys are hunting, the leaves and fishermen are gone and you will have all the big fat hungry trout to yourself.

[AndyS]

You can also try some of disgusting duck ponds that are stocked in the fall also, like Roosevelt Park Duck Pond in Edison (if the cormorants don't beat you to it)

[acabtp]

Originally Posted by AndyS

Just remember, they stock and the trees unload. All the rivers and streams will be covered with a thick mat of leaves.
The MAJORITY of these fish will not start feeding until the 1st or 2nd week of November. These large fish have stored body fat and do not need to eat right away. Go out in November, all the guys are hunting, the leaves and fishermen are gone and you will have all the big fat hungry trout to yourself.

i was waiting for this because you post it every year, but i wonder why... in my experience (and the pics that get posted each fall by other NJF posters agree) it's just not at all what happens in reality. yes there will be annoying leaves in the water, but the fish are not sitting around with lockjaw. they have no problem getting themselves caught, even the day they go in. there is no reason to skip october.

[BT67]

Originally Posted by acabtp

i was waiting for this because you post it every year, but i wonder why... in my experience (and the pics that get posted each fall by other NJF posters agree) it's just not at all what happens in reality. yes there will be annoying leaves in the water, but the fish are not sitting around with lockjaw. they have no problem getting themselves caught, even the day they go in. there is no reason to skip october.

I must concur, the majority of these fish will be caught by the time November rolls around unless of course we can finally get some water in the rivers to help em spread out

[Mark B.]

If you have the patience to contend with hooking/unhooking the fallen/floating leaves, it will ultimately pay off in hooked trout.

And, posted every year (fall & spring): “disgusting duck ponds that are stocked”. Surely, the urban trout anglers who won’t or can’t travel to more pristine waters appreciate the stockings.

[AndyS]

Snagging hooks.

[thmyorke1]

Originally Posted by Mark B.

If you have the patience to contend with hooking/unhooking the fallen/floating leaves, it will ultimately pay off in hooked trout.

And, posted every year (fall & spring): “disgusting duck ponds that are stocked”. Surely, the urban trout anglers who won’t or can’t travel to more pristine waters appreciate the stockings.

If non-pristine streams in urban areas get stocked in the spring, such as the passaic, how come they can't get it in the fall?

[Hookmanski]

I'm just a bit bummed that Spruce Run Creek won't be getting any fall stockies, would have helped after losing some rainbows and brown from the quarry pumping earlier this summer. But the musky and KLG are close by too, so its not all bad! Ill be out there after I get back from my trip to California which is the second week of October. Tight lines to all!

[Mark B.]

Originally Posted by thmyorke1

If non-pristine streams in urban areas get stocked in the spring, such as the passaic, how come they can't get it in the fall?

28.5 times as many trout are available in the spring than the fall. Therefore, a lot more waters can be stocked.

Spring: approximately 570,000 rainbow trout raised at the Division's Pequest Trout Hatchery are stocked into 88 streams and 88 ponds and lakes located throughout New Jersey. The majority of trout will average 10½ inches but large breeders, measuring 15 - 21", and weighing up to 5 pounds are also distributed in the early weeks of the season.

Fall: more than 20,000 trout measuring approximately 14" up to 22" in length and weighing one-and-a-half pounds to almost eight pounds will be stocked. These Rainbow Trout will be stocked in 16 streams and 21 ponds.