No brook or browns for 2014..
 

At the outdoor expo I was at the fish and wildlife booth, I asked what the spring 2014 stocking is looking like and I was told that there will be no brook or browns stocked in spring because 1) they were more prone to disease in the hatcheries then rainbows 2) NJ waters have healthy wild numbers of brook and brown trout. Don't know what hatchery they meant, if this was pequest only, or what, just figured I'd relay what I was told to all you guys on here for what it's worth. Cheers guys

Re: No brook or browns for 2014..
 

Wait till they stock rainbows in those scum duck ponds, the fish will be TOAST by June 1st ! :D

BTW....you mean 2015 !

Re: No brook or browns for 2014..
 

I'm sure a trout stamp won't go down even thou there not stocking

Re: No brook or browns for 2014..
 

Wonder if the browns would last much longer than June 1st?

Re: No brook or browns for 2014..
 

Browns hold up better in warmer water with less oxygen sat. However, the sludge ponds they picked will give any fish a hard time! The O levels, dissolved solids, trash, goose shit, etc.... Makes me wonder who the hell is in charge & making these decisions!

Re: No brook or browns for 2014..
 

It all started when the state took some of the better
lakes off the stocking list to promote urban fishing.
The most ridiculous thing ever heard of.

Re: No brook or browns for 2014..
 

This format keeps up I might forgo buying my OOS license
In 2015 !
I am already fishing this season in between cod trips ! This urban deal is fine but don't waste those breeders that should be in NJ best streams !
Between this & the loss of those trout I gotta ? This myself????

Re: No brook or browns for 2014..
 

I agree with all you guys. I've face palmed many times seeing all these broods put in ponds instead of places like the musky and pequest or flat brook... Imagine how many more trophy fish we'd be catching if all the dang fish weren't stocked in park ponds. I actually do fish in PA and CT a fair amount of times through the year w my pops when we get frustrated here..

Re: No brook or browns for 2014..
 

And I ask fish and wildlife about their stocking decisions and locations I get the shrug and response "we have to provide angling opportunities for everyone especially creating put and take fisheries" which to me is a poor way to look at it. Those fish all get poached pre season, or they just flat out die in a few months when the bucket brigades don't catch them all. Maybe with more angler input they will change their tactics someday. :rolleyes:

Re: No brook or browns for 2014..
 

What a bunch of cry babies. IF you had to buy trout they are over 6 bucks a pound.
so 1 pound and a half fish and your stamp is paid for , and then

WAIT FOR IT
















you have the whole year to catch just one more fish and you made money on your investment of the price of the stamp.




cant believe the money we all spend on fishing stuff that so many guys cry at the price of a trout stamp.
Many guys spend more money on gas following the stocking trucks around than the price of the stamp.




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