FURUNCULOSIS again in our trout!!

[UglyStick]

Originally Posted by WormFisherman

Skunk I know the are that you are talking about, but this area of the passaic is a little bit further downstream. The water above the great swamps is one of my favorite go to wts, but the area under it is a hot mucky swamp. The stocking areas ( or now non stocked areas) I'm specifically talking about is the stocking on haas rd, basking ridge and the passaic river in Longhill.

This is true, but it is still directly connected and theoretically a fish could go from one spot to the other - mother nature always finds a way. By stocking them below great falls, you have a guaranteed separation barrier. FWIW, this isn't speculation on the choice, it was told to me last Sat. by F&W rep.

[NJMountainMan]

Apparently F&W is dumping 24,000 trout into the Raritan? Will these fish survive the summer heat? It would be awesome if there was a good sized trout population in the lower part of the river. I caught a pretty good sized trout in the raritan this past spring and everyone I showed it to thought it was a holdover.

I heard from a old timer that there was a natural trout population in the gorge, I guess I should try over there sometime.

[AndyS]

When I pulled the big net with the Rutgers people below the Island Farm Fish Weir in Bridgewater last spring we had 4 young of the year brown trout in our pull. In 2011, 116 trout came up the Raritan river in the spring, in 2012, 133, and I think just as many in 2013 from what I saw.