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Thanks guys! But, WOW! Just read all the BS sh$tstorm this caused on another website! That fish has been in that stream for a while! Regardless of where it was stocked, who stocked it, it was landed! I guess guys with spinning rods should be kept one little section of stream or the ponds they stock. They seem to think that fish wasn't worthy enough to be caught on spinning rod. If the fly guys knew what i was using, it's similiar to the paterns they use, just in a different manner! I have nothing against fly fishing, but to be bashed is just plain childish! Bunch of HATERS!
Yes, I kept the fish. I've been fishing NJ waters for trout for over 20 years, and never came across a fish like that. And yes.....it was delicious! It was my choice to keep it. NJ is a put and take fishery, unless you belong to club where you PAY extra to catch fish like that! I've put in a lot time on public streams, going off the beaten path, and I got lucky!
It is what it is!
If anyone wants to bash me from here, or another website, here's my cell # 732-718-7107.
Matt

And to the rest of you guys that I know and have fished with, thanks again! Now I have to watch my back when fishing the S. Branch...I might get beaten up by a bunch of guys with fly fishing rods!:eek:

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Screw the haters. That's a lifetime NJ fish dude. No explanation needed. I would like to hear more about the battle you did with that fish, though! Time in = results... Simple as that. You earned it and deserve to do whatever you please with the catch. I would've kept her too!

Again, congrats on a fine specimen.

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Congats Matt!!! You are a TROUT SLAYING NAZI!!! Watch out guys, this guy is a complete MANIAC!!!:D

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Tell us how you really feel MATT! YOU GO BUDDY!! Got your back anytime!
THIS IS THE GOD DAMN U.S.A.!!!!

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GetANet: I hear ya bro! A guy can't catch a trophy fish without being picked apart. I did nothing illegal, fished within regulations, and still.....they HATE! Those guys on the other website are THE BIGGEST HATERS! This aint Montana or Wyoming, it's NJ. There's no secret holes, and it's put and take. That's where my money goes. I don't keep everything. I enjoy getting out, checking out new spots, and if I catch a fish, it's a BONUS! This one just happened to one of the larger ones caught recently! Again, nothing against the FF guys, but I'm confident enough that I could out fish them! More often than not, when i talk to FF guy, and ask how they're doing, the majority of the time I get "nothing". Now I'll fish that same stretch, and pull out fish right in front of them and I get a funny look? I'm just gonna keep doing my thing, and that's catching trout, along with fishing with good peeps!

Shucker: Thanks for your help getting that monster on the bank! It's always a pleasure fishing with you. Whether it's trekking a mile or two off the beaten path in the spring, or freezing our a$$es of in the middle of winter, WE CATCH TROUT...and Quality trout!

FastEddie: YOU know I'm a MANIAC :D , and these guys got me fired up!

Tight lines guys! There's still BIG trout out there!

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We gotta hook up some time as i live two towns away and don't FF!!!!!!
MEAT AND POTATOES ALL THE WAY !!!!! YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

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Pick me up on the way! I dont FF either!

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I got your back on GST.. I used to post over there but they are ridiculous..Nice fish!!..hit that thread up if you want to bash them a little more lol

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That looks like a sea run brown. Great fish, Congrats

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Great fish. I'm jealous of the catch and all of you getting out on the water! lol.

Read up on the nonsense posted elsewhere.... Yawn....