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Originally Posted by Almaink
Does F&G have a clue what they are going to do? I just checked F&G web page to see Mercer Lake is now getting 8,000 trout pre season, it was 4,000 last week. But when I checked the allocation PDF Lake Mercer wasn't even on the list? I wonder what list is correct?
It is on this list
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/2..._changes14.pdf
But missing from this one.
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/2...on14-sched.pdf
I also question the wisdom of dumping 8,000 trout in a lake that is managed for muskies. The Assunpink is right there why not put them in there instead, or put more in the other local lakes that get stocked? |
The omission of Mercer Lake on the one list was a typo. The other list which was posted on the Div. website on Feb 21 had Mercer listed for 8,000 as it still does. You may have mis-read it initially but I have the Feb 21 printout in hand showing the 8,000 number for Mercer. I also have a copy of the proposed list direct from the Div showing Mercer recieving 8,000. Hopefully there are no other mis-leading typos, I haven't checked the entire list myself. Given all that our limited Freshwater Fisheries staff have had to deal with throughout this entire situation I think I can forgive them a minor typo here and there.
Naturally the muskies are going to have a blast chowing on those trout but some of them will find their way upstream into the creek around Edinburg.
As for the other area waters if you check the list against last years you'll see they are all getting much higher allocations already. Some examples, Assunpink Crk 2013 Season total-1,380...2014 Total-2,280 Rosedale Lk 2013-1,520...2014 Total-2,470 Stony Brk 2013-2,930...2014-3,800 Colonial Lk 2013-1,210...2014-2,030
Also keep in mind the bulk of these fish are going in pre-season although the in-season numbers are slightly higher than usual too in most cases. Some pre-season numbers...Assunpink-1,400 Colonial Lk-1,330 Rosedale Lk-1,390 Stony Brk-2,440
I hope this helps to answer some of your questions. If you check the entire list you'll find that the normal numbers on just about all of the normally stocked non-trout waters are scheduled to be greatly exceeded this spring. Ought to make for some fast action fishing for a good while in alot of places!
