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[dfish28]

If I was just thrown off a bridge a few hours before, I would chill with my other homies in the same area for a while, just asking WTF!, at least for a while In slow water before I moved Out to deeper... always a go to for a start for me is a superworm with a coil of glitter pb over the worms head with just enough shot to hold and slowly drag upstream, and hold, but cast both ways shot to hook depends but usually a foot or so...

[briansnat]

Originally Posted by dfish28

If I was just thrown off a bridge a few hours before, I would chill with my other homies in the same area for a while, just asking WTF!, at least for a while In slow water before I moved Out to deeper... always a go to for a start for me is a superworm with a coil of glitter pb over the worms head with just enough shot to hold and slowly drag upstream, and hold, but cast both ways shot to hook depends but usually a foot or so...

The water was high and moving pretty fast so I went with a small trout jig at first to get it down and focused on the pockets behind rocks and the slow water at the edges of fast water. Tried a spinner for a bit in the same areas, then went to a Power Bait worm on enough split shot to get it down to the bottom, but keep it moving. Then went back to the jig in the deeper, fast moving water. Nada.

[acabtp]

that's a pretty good stretch, i usually fish upstream of the bridge to where it bends and heads away from pocono rd. haven't really caught stockers outside of that area though. it gets real shallow much upstream of there and downstream from the hospital is unfortunately the rockaway river country club (posted private property, no fishing allowed that stretch) but they swim so who knows.

Originally Posted by dfish28

If I was just thrown off a bridge a few hours before, I would chill with my other homies in the same area for a while, just asking WTF!, at least for a while In slow water before I moved Out to deeper.

you'd think that, but it's not really the case from what i've seen, the fish are hungry and unless they get bonked on the head they're going to be ready to eat within a few minutes.

up in VT there is no in season closures for stocking and i've happened to be in the river when the stocking truck pulled up a few times (they stock mid day). helped to stock the trout, said thanks and waved goodbye to the stocking crew, then enjoyed bonanza trouting C&R cast after cast for a couple hours. no waiting periods required.