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Originally Posted by Billfish715
I knew about the Warinanco stocking but not the size of the fish. Echo has been stocked in the past but I haven't heard of anything of any notable size. Besides the silting problems in all the U.C. ponds, there isn't much forage except for sunnies and their fry. A large supplemental stocking of shiners or fathead minnows more often will go a long way to help sustain the fish population.
Thanks for the fishing report from Echo. I've heard that the majority of the fall stocked trout have been taken during the warm fall and early winter.
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Went out again last night and hit up a spot on the Rahway that I had long suspected was good for catfish but avoided because it seemed to get a lot of pressure during the summer and after the spring stocking because it is so easily accessible. Anyway I figured my concerns related to fishing pressure wouldn't really be an issue fishing in February so I headed over there with my dog around 10 pm and was not disappointed. No pics as phone was dead and I really planned to do more 'scouting' than fishing but suffice to say I think I found my catfish honey hole.
The only downside is that I might have to refrain from my habit of fishing super late at night due to the (excessive) police patrols of the parking lot with the closest access. I was fishing for An hour and a half last night and saw three seperate police patrols come by, each time shining their spotlight into my parked car (whereas at Echo and Nomahegan lakes I have fished every hour of the night and never even seen a police car). Of course as I was leaving another patrol was going by and was in the process of peering into my car when I walked up. Maybe it's the fishing pole, the dog, or combination of both, but this is the second time I have interacted with the police while fishing technically after hours and both times the police were more interested in whether I caught anything than with the fact that the park closed hours before.
Billfish - Send me a PM if you are interested in the spot. Anyone with even limited knowledge of the river stretch between Route 22 and the GSP would likely be familiar with this hole.
