Weekend Trip

[Sigma1073]

I got out this past Saturday with a buddy to hit up some trout streams before things closed up. This will likely be my last fishing trip for a while as the wife is due with our second kid next month. It was about mid to upper 30s when we hit the water just before 7am and fog was rising off the water. Within a few casts I hooked into a nice 15.5" Rainbow. What a great fight this fish had and beautiful coloring. I don't think the picture really does it justice. Half hour later my buddy hooked into a really nice bow as well about the same size or maybe a little bigger. The fish were really active and hitting hard and then pulling line right off the reel. Later we moved up to another spot and hooked into 2 really nice brookies both were between 15-16". All in all it was a great day and absolutely unbelievable for March fishing. These are easily the nicest trout I have caught in NJ to date.

[ken jan]

nice fish!thanks for the report and pics. Can't wait for the season to open.

[AndyS]

With all the reports of great trout fishing it seems a shame to start stocking !!! Nice fish !!

[Lard Almighty]

Originally Posted by AndyS

With all the reports of great trout fishing it seems a shame to start stocking !!! Nice fish !!

I know! Back to catching 10" silver trout, I guess.

[acabtp]

i was the buddy
sigma was setting up the pattern and i played along and got these two


the brookie was really nice and chubby. both put up a very nice fight.
there were some kayakers out, but not really as many fishermen on the river as I would have expected for the saturday before closure.

totally different story when i went back to the same spots on sunday afternoon. a huge hatch had happened mid day, fishermen everywhere, and not a fish to be had by anyone I talked to.

these holdovers did have some decent coloring, but 10" silver trout are still fun, opening day can't get here soon enough!