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West Branch Delaware question
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Trout Guy
Brookie's or Bust!
I find that the WB in its upper reaches (barking dog and up) holds a lot more smaller wild trout, among those Oquaga stockies that tend to mix in.
There are definatly some nice fish near stilesville, but most of them get a lot of fishing pressure. And so does the rest of the WB..
There are definatly some nice fish near stilesville, but most of them get a lot of fishing pressure. And so does the rest of the WB..
flyI4
Fishizzle, I use worms but I'm looking to upgrade!
I think the stockies in oquaga creek result in a lot more stocked fish entering and remaining in the west branch than some think. The no-kill in the first couple pools has a ton of stocked holdovers that can be identified by the way they look, fight, and sometimes just by the way they take the fly. Every summer, you see hundreds of stocked fish at the mouth of the wb/oquaga and its reasonable to believe a high percentage of those fish survive once entering the WB aside from the fish that are caught/kept. Add a few hundred stocked fish to the river every year and it starts to add up.
Future Fanatic
Nirvana
2013:
Oquaga Creek Sanford 400 April Brown Trout 12 -15 inches
Oquaga Creek Sanford 2320 April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches
Oquaga Creek Sanford 620 Spring Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches
Oquaga Creek Sanford 400 April Brown Trout 12 -15 inches
Oquaga Creek Sanford 2320 April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches
Oquaga Creek Sanford 620 Spring Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches
dcabarle
Administrator
So much for a wild trout fishery.:nose-picking:
I prefer the mainstem anyway. Now before you get any ideas, I'm not interested in stats of any stocked streams nearby.
Rusty Spinner
Active member
In the tailouts of Barking Dog, Geezers' and other pools in that stretch of the WB have good to excellent juvenile trout habitat. I know I've been fooled over the years to casting to some of those risers only to land young browns in the 3" - 7" range. I'm sure Oquaga stockings add some more smaller fish, but juvenile trout habitat is where you find it and there is some good habitat in that area.
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Nirvana
And watch out for the Mountain Lions and wolves.
Rusty Spinner
Active member
Johnny Utah
You're no daisy
And watch out for the ghosts!
mob201
Joe's Hopper
If you're a city slicker, like yours truly, it's banjo-plucking hillbillies that you need to watch out for. Especially if you've got a real pretty mouth.
On that note, we need to make our warnings more realistic and believable.
Like: "don't bother with the no-kill section of the WB. It's choked with surly white collar d-bags who only get out on the river once a year and take fishing too seriously and whose technique sucks and they know it, and are not at all fun to fish near."
That would keep me away. In fact, now that I think about it, it already does.
On that note, we need to make our warnings more realistic and believable.
Like: "don't bother with the no-kill section of the WB. It's choked with surly white collar d-bags who only get out on the river once a year and take fishing too seriously and whose technique sucks and they know it, and are not at all fun to fish near."
That would keep me away. In fact, now that I think about it, it already does.
NJFred
Trout Hunter
It's even worse at night up there. Don't bother with that either. Way too many City Slickers crazily tossing streamers hooking each other and a tiny hatchery trout every now and then. Of course there are the bears to deal with and those sudden releases from Cannonsville that can sweep one off their feet only to be found on the pylons at Hale Eddy bridge. Yup....just stay away.
