Musconetcong River Trout Fishing - 10/12

[SaltLife1980]

Dad and I took a half day at work and went out in search of some trout. Got home around 1pm and met up with dad. We headed down the Saxon falls to see what was going on. There was one guy there that was leaving when we got there. He said he had been there since they stocked and only saw 6 fish caught. Dad and I geared up and got into the ankle deep water. Could see the fish swimming around all over the place. Didnt look like they put to many nets of fish in but there was a few. I tried everything i had in my bag to catch one. NOTHING! Bait then lures. No takers. They would follow a spinner but not take it. Then put on a floating rapala and they followed that but didnt take it. Tried meal worms, butter worms, salmon eggs, power bait and night crawlers with no takers. Dad was fishing the fast water on the far side with no luck so he came to the hole everyone fishes and floats a meal worm down through a pack of em and one grabs it and got the fish. Nothing huge. Nice rainbow. Then nothing for over an hour so we moved to Stevens State Park. Got there and there was a few people fishing and they had no luck either. Could see the fish again but they just would not eat. Called it a day around 5. What a frustrating day. We will give it a try another day. Today just wasnt our day.