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Old 04-26-2020, 01:43 PM
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Spent a fun afternoon yesterday at a trout-stocked creek that was LOADED with rainbows. Only issue was, they were remarkably small! I actually had a tough time catching a few over the 9" size limit that I could keep. The fish are much smaller than in years past. Does anyone know anything about why the trout are so small this year?
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Old 04-26-2020, 03:21 PM
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My guess is since they released almost all of the allocated trout for this year already some may have been a little early with a few weeks left to grow at the hatchery .

Have you done any fishing at your cabin on the lake yet?
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Old 04-26-2020, 10:22 PM
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^^ yep i'm pretty sure that's it... missing one or two months of pellet feed
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Old 04-27-2020, 07:11 AM
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Fish are definitely missing that feeding time at the hatchery. I caught some super dinks in the Passaic a few weeks ago. Perfect bait size in my opinion.
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Old 04-27-2020, 11:30 AM
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Lol... rig em up for swordie baits!
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Old 04-27-2020, 07:39 PM
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I agree many small trout ! Smaller the previous years for sure !
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Old 04-30-2020, 05:46 AM
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I'm fishing both Pa and Nj and the trout in Pa could eat the trout from NJ. Both states had same amount of grow time on fish!! Either Pa is feeding a better quality feed or they just have the science down better. But the rainbows I've been catching in Jersey are super dinks, like said above great river bait!
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