Pequest Report

[Scott]

Hit the P after work today, spent way too much time in traffic thanks to several accidents on Rt 78. So I took back roads and what should have been a 45 minute drive ended up being just under two hours.

Oh well... Hit the water, well let's just say I was below Rt 31. The water temp was 63 degrees. Just a few sporadic BWO's coming off. Fish were actively feeding on the surface though, I did not see what they were going after, but I caught 5 fish in about an hour, and lost two others. They all took a #14 light brown catskill dry, again ignoring #20 and a #22 BWO's, and BWO emergers.

The takes were just delicate sips, not the aggressive pummeling stockie trout give to surface fodder, so I suspect these are holdover if not wild fish (all Browns with very rich coloration)

No big ones, all were between 10" and 12.5". Frisky though...

 

[jholland]

South Branch/Pequest

Scott,
Plenty of fish on the SBR too. A little spooky during the day but they are taking Caddis on top and Iso's or Whiteflies at dusk. The fish are in good shape, September is also nice for the lack of fishing pressure too. Lots of bait and crayfish as well.-JH

 

[quality time]

Traffic killed me too

Scott.....I can relate to your traffic nightmare. It took me 2 hours 45 minutes to go from Summit to western Hunterdon County.

The stream must have have really cooled off in the last several weeks if you are getting temps in the low 60s. Did you try any nymphs?

 

[Scott]

I didn't need to, there was plenty of action on the surface. I usually only will fish a nymph if there's nothing going on on top.