Trout stockings??? - NJFishing.com Your Best Online Source for Fishing Information in New Jersey

fishingbuddies · #1 04-03-2021, 12:11 PM

Has north jersey been stocked? A friend went to boonton and denville area. Didnt see a fish anywhere or heard of anyone catching. I went to a section of lubbers run... the pequest and the musky river. Same luck. No fish in sight or heard of anyone landing a fish.
Hhmmmm... wierd. Maybe its just too cold up here and they have lockjaw.

hammer4reel · #2 04-03-2021, 05:29 PM

Saw them stocking the north branch Thursday ..

South branch and musky were loaded where I fished on Thursday .

DanH · #3 04-03-2021, 06:44 PM

Don't forget some of the streams may have been stocked before the rains, so they could be spread out! The areas I fished were loaded with them.

fishingbuddies · #4 04-03-2021, 07:27 PM

Awesome. Thx guys

Skolmann · #5 04-03-2021, 09:35 PM

My understanding was that all stocking took place prior to the April 1st opening of C&R and no further stockings are scheduled until the fall.

John D. · #6 04-03-2021, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Skolmann

My understanding was that all stocking took place prior to the April 1st opening of C&R and no further stockings are scheduled until the fall.

Did this include the may 10th stocking allotment during the pre-April 1st stocking? Or will there be no additional may stocking?

Capt. Lou · #7 04-04-2021, 01:34 PM

Stocking occurred on the April 1 NJ opener ! I was on a stream that was getting fish in several locations !

hammer4reel · #8 04-04-2021, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Skolmann

My understanding was that all stocking took place prior to the April 1st opening of C&R and no further stockings are scheduled until the fall.

They were out stocking in Somerset county on the first .
Watched them throw a lot of fish in the north branch

John D. · #9 04-04-2021, 08:15 PM

So did the pre April 1st stocking include an extra allotment to account for the stocking which will not occur in early/mid May? Or do we get less trout this year?

bigfishy · #10 04-04-2021, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by John D.

So did the pre April 1st stocking include an extra allotment to account for the stocking which will not occur in early/mid May? Or do we get less trout this year?

Allegedly theres 50k yet to be put in , which is a drop in the bucket compared to the 500k already stocked....I ask you all, is 500k not enough,,?? Are they doing a bad job??