Decent trout weekend

[JimmyL]

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]

nice tiger! Lower raritan often features the finest trout it's where the upper-class trout travel down to for a better life

[AndyS]

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

[thmyorke1]

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

[tautog]

Originally Posted by thmyorke1

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

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

[Gerry Zagorski]

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.

[JimmyL]

Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski

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.

Yes, I do mean Rooster Tail spinners. That's what the rainbow & brown hit on Saturday. Sunday, while fishing for bass, the tiger hit the grub jig that I was using at the time.

[Doug Vitale]

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]

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]

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?