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JimmyL · #1 11-09-2021, 10:17 PM

Stopped at a stretch of the SB I haven't fished before and had some success. 2 Rainbows and a Brown hit the same 1/8 oz. natural color rooster tail I've been catching em on the last few weeks. If they're not hitting anything else, I throw that on and it works.
Not sure if the Brown is wild or not but it surely was a surprise to catch.
Sunday, hit a new stretch on the main branch of the Raritan going for Smallies.
No luck with bass, however, had another big surprise catch in this Tiger trout below. Hit on a slow roll in.
Another beautiful weekend outside; grateful to be alive and fishing.

thmyorke1 · #2 11-10-2021, 09:04 AM

nice tiger! Lower raritan often features the finest trout

it's where the upper-class trout travel down to for a better life

AndyS · #3 11-10-2021, 11:18 AM

All that flood water really shuffled the deck, nice trout !

thmyorke1 · #4 11-10-2021, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by tautog

That is a tiger not a brown trout. Unless you were really high up on the South Branch, it was a stockie.

3 images of trout in the post, rainbow > brown > tiger

Gerry Zagorski · #5 11-10-2021, 12:16 PM

Love the colors of those Trout, especially the last one. When you say Rooster Tail, do you mean Rooster Tail spinners? The last pic it looks like you caught on a jig head.

tautog · #6 11-10-2021, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by thmyorke1

3 images of trout in the post, rainbow > brown > tiger

Oops missed that part of the post..*L*

Doug Vitale · #7 11-10-2021, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by JimmyL

No luck with bass, however, had another big surprise catch in this Tiger trout below.

I'm shocked that you got a tiger trout in the main stem of the Raritan. I don't think that the Pequest hatchery has stocked anything except rainbows for 5+ years. That tiger must have been stocked at one point by a club, but the nearest club is Lake Solitude just below the Lockwood Gorge. I'm stumped.

thmyorke1 · #8 11-10-2021, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Doug Vitale

I'm shocked that you got a tiger trout in the main stem of the Raritan. I don't think that the Pequest hatchery has stocked anything except rainbows for 5+ years. That tiger must have been stocked at one point by a club, but the nearest club is Lake Solitude just below the Lockwood Gorge. I'm stumped.

check out the one i caught earlier this year

https://www.njfishing.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=115128

Andy got one not too long ago too.

Think Lard had one on video last year too? or was it this spring?

Lard Almighty · #9 11-10-2021, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by thmyorke1

Think Lard had one on video last year too? or was it this spring?

It was this spring. It seems like every non-rainbow trout I've heard about from the main stem this year has been a tiger. I wonder if they hold over better in there than the other trout species?

bigfishy · #10 11-10-2021, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Lard Almighty

It was this spring. It seems like every non-rainbow trout I've heard about from the main stem this year has been a tiger. I wonder if they hold over better in there than the other trout species?

Well browns are notorious for finding a way to survive and tigers are halfskies, so why not??Browns do really well in the midd delaware , so long as they have other options to escape to if conditions require it...i think its gr8!! Andys on to something with his sea run theory