No brook or browns for 2014..

[Lard Almighty]

Originally Posted by Capt. Lou

I'm not against the stocking of urban lakes either, my argument is to simply stock them with more average size fish & disperse more trophy trout in NJ primary streams . They can put oversize trout in those waters as well but not at the expense of major waters , this makes sense to me . We'll see what this spring brings , actually last year was one of the best for me sans trophies !

That’s a touchy tightrope to cross. A policy that reserves most of the best fish for the prime rivers would alienate all the pond fishermen, who also buy trout stamps. At the end of the day, NJF&W sees us all as customers, and they have to do the best they can to keep us all happy, because otherwise they won’t sell as many trout stamps. Remember: a guy who fishes the Flat Brook with a #18 BWO pays just as much for a trout stamp as someone who sits on a bucket at Spring Lake with a jar of Power Bait. By that logic, they should both have similar opportunities to catch quality trout.