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[NJpatbee]

Fortunately there are alernatives, and I will not be at the BFB for a few weeks.

Pray for the YRTCA!

[coolkyle]

I fished the lower Musky for 4 hours today, and saw only 1 other fisherman on a 2-mile stretch of water. Now, the meat truck must not have shown up yet, because I spotted no fish. There were caddis galore, midges, bwo's and stone flies, and I didn't see a single fish rise. It was worth the skunking just to get some peace and quiet on a gorgeous stream. I did see the douchebags in Bloomsbury fishing the slow water in their backyards, it was kind of comical after a nice hike in the woods and nymphing pocket water.

[kindanewbie77]

There were 25 guys fishing in werner's pool in that picture....that must have been SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much fun!!!!

[jamiep]

Me and jay fished the gorge today there was nobody there maybee ten guys at most we caught about 30 fish between us i got 22 jay got 8

It was fun we fished the entire gorge twice over lots of brookies and some wild browns and a few hold over rainbows.

All the brookies were on buggers pick a color.And he rest were on emergers rs2's nopics today its was a fish fast and hard day sorry.


Ps saw about 5 or 6 dead fish with half there mouths ripped off

[Eagle Claw]

Here is a thought to consider, although I personally do not like the meat hunters they do make up the majority and that's a lot of license fees for their relatively short span of interest in trout fishing April 1 to May 30. The state of NJ has done a great job over the last several years providing a lot of nice size and quanities of fish. I have to think we benefit in the long run with all the license fees. I wonder if we would have the quality, quantity and frequency of stocking without them. I do not think fly fisherman put all that much into the fund compared to the others.

[jlajoie]

Me and jay fished the gorge today there was nobody there maybee ten guys at most we caught about 30 fish between us i got 22 jay got 8

It was fun we fished the entire gorge twice over lots of brookies and some wild browns and a few hold over rainbows.

All the brookies were on buggers pick a color.And he rest were on emergers rs2's nopics today its was a fish fast and hard day sorry.


Ps saw about 5 or 6 dead fish with half there mouths ripped off

22?

[Rusty Spinner]

Seems the equivalent of hunting in your 2 foot by 2 foot deer stand on opening day with 15 of your closest friends

Glad I always sit on the sidelines for this event. I understand it is fun for some, but I am not one of them. Glad to see the interest in our sport, wish we could get that level of concern for the resource.

[jamiep]

22?

I lied when i said i lost count didnt want to make you feel bad.

[jlajoie]

I lied when i said i lost count didnt want to make you feel bad.

Damn. That hurts.

[Corndog]

Here is a thought to consider, although I personally do not like the meat hunters they do make up the majority and that's a lot of license fees for their relatively short span of interest in trout fishing April 1 to May 30. The state of NJ has done a great job over the last several years providing a lot of nice size and quanities of fish. I have to think we benefit in the long run with all the license fees. I wonder if we would have the quality, quantity and frequency of stocking without them. I do not think fly fisherman put all that much into the fund compared to the others.

EC, You're right on the money about the license sales and the fish stocked. I hate to say it, but we need those guys if we want our rivers stocked. I was asked by 4 guys to take a pic of them with their bounty of fish. After they all held up their 6 fish each and smiled I asked them why they fish when it's this crowded and they said "it's a tradition", then I asked why they all kept their limits and they said "it's part of the tradition." I just smiled and walked away.

Any idea why the state makes everyone wait until 8am to fish? Why not let the fiasco start at 0 dark thirty?

Newbie, there were at least a dozen guys in the top of the pool I couldn't get in the pic. I would guess a total of 40.

Jamie and Jay, you two are a trip. You guys always keep me laughing.

Simms, We probably passed or maybe talked to each other at Haney's Mill. I was there at 8am as well.

Cdog

[Pete]

.......Any idea why the state makes everyone wait until 8am to fish? Why not let the fiasco start at 0 dark thirty?.....

Like they said..."It's a tradition".

They even close the Seasonal TCAs for 7 hours & 59 minutes so they can have a tradition too.

[jlajoie]

As much as it bothers me to see stringers of fish being pulled from a stream, I find it funny that most of the guys doing the keeping are pulling purely stocked fish, with the occasional wild or "acclimated" holdover fish thrown in. BHC, I know we talked about the stocking a few weeks ago when Jamie and I were up there for ODNY, but do you guys have any statistics on what the chances of overpopulation of trout would be if there were a 1 fish limit per person? I would have to think that with the few thousand fish thrown into the KLG for example, starvation and slower growth rates could be an issue...
I dunno, just a thought.
And, those stockies are certainly not the sharpest tool in the stream, er, shed....