Winter trout stocking:

[thmyorke1]

Originally Posted by kyleeng

Kinda new ish to fishing in general. Been reading and watching videos for endless hours. I plan on fishing Barbour's Pond tomorrow in woodland park if anyone wants to join... that's being stocked tomorrow. Would like to hit in the morning, but I don't know when they stock. Is 3-4PM a safe bet that it will be stocked by then?

I have fished Barbour's pond maybe 6 times since I would go to Montclair university and have time between classes to fish.

I never saw a fish come out of that pond. The only time I did but was when they were in the jaws of cormorants.

Don't get discouraged if you can't get any success out of Barbour's.
I'd recommend other ponds and creeks in the area.

[Hookmanski]

Originally Posted by thmyorke1

I have fished Barbour's pond maybe 6 times since I would go to Montclair university and have time between classes to fish.

I never saw a fish come out of that pond. The only time I did but was when they were in the jaws of cormorants.

Don't get discouraged if you can't get any success out of Barbour's.
I'd recommend other ponds and creeks in the area.

x2 on Barbour's. That place sucks! Saw one bluegill caught there once, that was it.

[kyleeng]

Originally Posted by thmyorke1

I have fished Barbour's pond maybe 6 times since I would go to Montclair university and have time between classes to fish.

I never saw a fish come out of that pond. The only time I did but was when they were in the jaws of cormorants.

Don't get discouraged if you can't get any success out of Barbour's.
I'd recommend other ponds and creeks in the area.

did you ever go day of stocking?

[thmyorke1]

Originally Posted by kyleeng

did you ever go day of stocking?

No, but went the week of. I think you have a good shot since this is the winter stocking + you're getting out the day of.

Tight lines.

[logs22]

Originally Posted by thmyorke1

No, but went the week of. I think you have a good shot since this is the winter stocking + you're getting out the day of.

Tight lines.

I stopped by Barbour pond on my way home from work last night and tossed out a trout magnet and a spinner for about a half hour without any bites. I have never caught a trout after dark and last night was no different. In response to other comments about no fish being in that pond, I ran into a guy at Jigging World last Friday who showed me a picture of a beautiful 5 lb largemouth he said was caught at Barbour pond the week prior, so it seems someone is catching fish there. Apparently the lake was recently dredged so the north end is no longer a silted up swamp. They also installed some fountains which look nice but not sure how effective they are in increasing oxygen levels in the water.

[kyleeng]

Originally Posted by logs22

I stopped by Barbour pond on my way home from work last night and tossed out a trout magnet and a spinner for about a half hour without any bites. I have never caught a trout after dark and last night was no different. In response to other comments about no fish being in that pond, I ran into a guy at Jigging World last Friday who showed me a picture of a beautiful 5 lb largemouth he said was caught at Barbour pond the week prior, so it seems someone is catching fish there. Apparently the lake was recently dredged so the north end is no longer a silted up swamp. They also installed some fountains which look nice but not sure how effective they are in increasing oxygen levels in the water.

Semi glad to hear this... I was supposed to go yesterday, but my gym session prior lasted a little longer than I wanted. And by that time, tons of traffic built up where I was at... I was planning to go today, but it looks a windy... Never have a good time on 20+ days