Random rainbow trout from raritan tributary

[thmyorke1]

After the council meeting I had time to kill while around bound brook.

Figured I'd explore a different stretch of a stream, hoping for new creek chub spots.

Wasnt long till I hit a nice hole. Looked like chub-gardens, but soon something went unexpected! Get a weird hit and soon this large fish comes off. Trout? No cant be... Big fallfish? I continue. Get a follow right when Im about to reel in my lure to the bank. Rainbow behind it! No connection. Keep fishing around with high hopes.

Turned out catching two fall-stockie-like rainbow trout.

This stream is only stocked in the spring, and not even this stretch of river, and these are no spring-stockie trout judging by size + fins are still worn.

My guess is that trout from raritan N/S branch stocking points swam all the way down to bound brook ( at least 9 miles downstream, over two dams) Then entered this tributary, then swam up roughly 2000 ft.

But idk, you be the judge of this raritan miracle





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Unfortunately I caught no chubs tho