Fall trout stocking:

[Capt. Lou]

No brood stock for north jersey streams ? Did I miss something ?
They should forget the yearlings !

[Almaink]

Another dumb move by F&G. Makes ya wonder who is minding the store over there.

[NorthJerzyG]

Thanks for the update!

Probably stocking whatever they can to avoid the "I paid for a stamp" outrage. Just let em fatten up over the winter and catch in the spring, lol.........

[Jigman13]

Something is better than nothing in the minds of most. I see nothing wrong with it so long as the fish are clean. The minimal pressure they receive in the late fall/winter will allow those fish to fatten up and grow some. Even if they didn't stock, there's still LOADS of trout in the primary rivers, anyway.

The purchase of trout stamps is heavily weighted towards the spring stocking and by mid- to late-May, the annual spring trout guys that fish for a few wknds are turning their efforts elsewhere. I would think less than 10% of the hoards that fish in the spring actually fish come autumn.

Almaink, I have to disagree with you on this, respectfully of course. The 25,000 fish they plan to stock will grow. They'll be a bit larger in April and they'll ideally have a bit more vigor after being in a wild environment for 6 months eating real food.

[jimmythegreek]

theres still lots of trout in the rivers even tho the stocking was very light. They shouldnt bother and dump em all in RV and MC to fatten up. Forget the trout stamp complainers, I buy a license for myself and my girl w trout stamps every year and havent fished for them in years. I just imagine the young kid catching a trout and the smile on their face, thats worth the 20 bucks to me anyday

[FASTEDDIE29]

Everytime I've gone bait fishing recently I've been greeted by some nice sized Browns averaging 12-15 inches. The fish are there, go get em! I'm sure Fish & Game is doing everything possible to fix the issues there having. No worries, there's always something to catch in our lil state of NJ! Be patient and the Trout will be plentiful again for all. I've had my fair share of limits this summer and most of them were accidental catches. CHILLAX boyz and girlz! ITS ALL GOOD!!!!

[Mikey topaz]

So those 9 inchers are really those 6 inchers they dump in every year.....

[jimcnj]

Originally Posted by jimmythegreek

theres still lots of trout in the rivers even tho the stocking was very light. They shouldnt bother and dump em all in RV and MC to fatten up. Forget the trout stamp complainers, I buy a license for myself and my girl w trout stamps every year and havent fished for them in years. I just imagine the young kid catching a trout and the smile on their face, thats worth the 20 bucks to me anyday

Same. I'm going to buy the stamp anyway. My daughter caught one trout on opening day and it was worth it.

[Michael82929]

Their is a reason they are releasing the 9 inch trout into the water.

Most likely to make room since they probably need to mass produce fish now so they can allot for the next three years to replenish the brood stock.

Since these fish have already been in the hatchery, they are probably looking to get every strain out of the runways just in case you have a sleeper fish with disease not to spoil "the bunch"

Just an opinion.. not fact but can look into it...