NJ Salmon Stocking

[thmyorke1]

Originally Posted by bulletbob

Trout fishing has changed drastically.. Now everyone wants overstuffed, morbidly obese grease fed trout that swim under and around big undulating masses of landlocked alewives.. If they put brookies in those lakes with alewives they would do the exact same thing.. Even in the freestone creeks and streams. what does everyone long for? To catch a fat old cow 2 years past her breeding prime that gets thrown in there so some kid can catch the fish of a lifetime on a Zebco rod and reel combo and a glob of garden worms.. it is what it is... Today its often more about catching than fishing no mater where you go and what you fish for.. bob

I think the desire that people express with brookies + browns is the opposite tho, they want to catch the different variety of species, and will trade off the slob rainbows for the chance to hook two different trout species rather than the same rainbow trout. I heard from those who fished back when they did stock all three that each species would have a different character to what bait/lures they wanted, where they would position in the river, etc. Despite being all stocked trout, the three would add some variations to the experience. I unfortunately started my fishing adventures after the state went rainbow-only so I dont have experience with this myself.