Pete
Trout Hunter
The NJ DFW posted the fall stocking schedule for 2010.
NJDEP Division of Fish & Wildlife - Fall 2010 Trout Stocking Schedule
NJDEP Division of Fish & Wildlife - Fall 2010 Trout Stocking Schedule
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NJ Fall Stocking schedule
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mbwmn
“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?”
thanks for the post!
(barely time to arrange for the day off and go buy a bigger net...do you have any approximate times for stocking any of the bridges i usually wait under, or will i just have to get up early and wait for the truck to leave the hatchery?)
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(barely time to arrange for the day off and go buy a bigger net...do you have any approximate times for stocking any of the bridges i usually wait under, or will i just have to get up early and wait for the truck to leave the hatchery?)
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mbwmn
“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?”
flyrod?
i want a bigger net so i can stand under the bridges and catch them as they're thrown from the truck. it will need to hold at least 4, so i can run those back to the trunk of the car and make it to find a good spot below the next bridge.
you guys use rods for fall stocking?
i want a bigger net so i can stand under the bridges and catch them as they're thrown from the truck. it will need to hold at least 4, so i can run those back to the trunk of the car and make it to find a good spot below the next bridge.
you guys use rods for fall stocking?
Pete
Trout Hunter
Coordinates of a good bridge for that 40.85365, -73.963264
The truck should arrive Tuesday, October 5, sometime between 12:01 AM and 11:59 PM (depending on traffic).
Arrive early, to get a good spot, remember this information was published on the Division website, (and every stream involved is already well known). You won't have room to open a net larger than about 10" or 12" diameter.
Werloc
Don't Know Nothin Yet
I would watch them stock last Spring. At around 11:00 AM they would throw the fish in, and at 5:00 when you could fish, while wading in, most of those fish came up to me. They know boots and human hands mean feeding time. That's all they know from the hatchery. It does take about a week for them to get use to their new home, and start to feed like a real fish. They wouldn't hit on anything. But you could easily grab them with your hands.
Werloc
Don't Know Nothin Yet
I saw a few videos on YouTube about the NJ Trout Hatchery's and the whole process from raising these fish to the time they hit the streams. Maybe it was old, or it wasn't filmed at Pequest. If I find that one, I'll post it here. I was amazed how they would follow me in a shallow pool near the bank. This happend 3 weeks in a row. This was back in May. The Game Warden follows that truck about 30 minutes behind. She stopped and we talked 2 times. She was the one that told me they need a week to find their place. It was interesting to watch though. Funny, here I am trying not to be seen or heard, and the more commotion I made, the more came to me. They wouldn't eat anything though. Talk about stressed out fish. That ride in the tank truck, and the way they toss them in, they must be dazed for days.
Rusty Spinner
Active member
Actually, my buddy Ozzie Ozefovich (Underwater World of OZ Video Productions) shows freshly stocked trout here in NJ feeding almost as soon as they hit the water. It's in one of his videos but I can't remember which. It debunks the myth that it takes stockies days or weeks to feed. There's a very good reason why the stringer fillers are standing in the rivers at 5 pm on spring stocking days and not waiting until several days have passed. Ever notice they all have their limits by about 6 pm? Hatchery fish eat not only pellets, but anything and everything that falls into the raceways. It's called instinct. Switch flies, you'll catch plenty of fresh stocked trout.
jimmy229oz
New member
IMHO, this truck chasing behavior is akin to canned hunts. Gross and unsportmanlike.
Trouser Trout
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
Hey if I'm paying for these damn trout, i want to know where thay are, who put them there, what their names are, eye color and shoe size. I don't care if you need to put a lojack in their ass. just don't let them out of your sight.
weirdnjfly
New member
so what where all the places they stocked? was it just up north?
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