jcstikfish
NJ Nymph Guy
Here's the fall NJ stocking schedule in case anyone needs to clear their schedule to follow the stocking truck.
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/flstk.htm
~James
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/flstk.htm
~James
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Stocking Schedule
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Simms
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Here in MASS they dont publish the day they stock..At the end of every week they put online a list of the rivers they DID stock...
Cuts down on the stocking truck parade. Although, there are people who wait at the hatchery EVERYDAY and then radio/txt/email their buddies to let them know when the truck has left. Its fucked up.
Cuts down on the stocking truck parade. Although, there are people who wait at the hatchery EVERYDAY and then radio/txt/email their buddies to let them know when the truck has left. Its fucked up.
Philthy Phil
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Thanks for that text last week...we really cleaned up and my freezer is full
BrownChickenBrownTrout
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It wouldn't be an issue if they instituted a delayed harvest. Just a month would be plenty for the fish to scatter.
Don't worry about the stocking truck. Some feed right away; but most will be in shock and/or confused for a while.
I live 100 yds from the Musky and as a good Warren Co redneck at heart I know some serious local meat fishermen. They don't follow the stocking truck and wait a few days until the fish acclimate. They may scope spots out late in the season, but in general they trust that the state dumped the trout in (it's amazing how many people question if the state actually stocked). The Muskie is stocked Fridays and the opening bell at 5 PM is a zoo and the whole weekend is crowded. The real fish-heads wait until the stream clears out by about Tuesday and then put a hurting on the fish. I don't worry about the slobs and don't go to the special regs areas all the time. The slobs aren't usually deadly predators, so plenty of fish survive the opening bell massacre. Those trout also learn to eat bugs and will take flies too - they came out of the same hatchery as the ones in the special regs areas.
I live 100 yds from the Musky and as a good Warren Co redneck at heart I know some serious local meat fishermen. They don't follow the stocking truck and wait a few days until the fish acclimate. They may scope spots out late in the season, but in general they trust that the state dumped the trout in (it's amazing how many people question if the state actually stocked). The Muskie is stocked Fridays and the opening bell at 5 PM is a zoo and the whole weekend is crowded. The real fish-heads wait until the stream clears out by about Tuesday and then put a hurting on the fish. I don't worry about the slobs and don't go to the special regs areas all the time. The slobs aren't usually deadly predators, so plenty of fish survive the opening bell massacre. Those trout also learn to eat bugs and will take flies too - they came out of the same hatchery as the ones in the special regs areas.
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