Who said there are no trout in the Raritan

[thmyorke1]

Nice bows! more mystery holdovers from the lower raritan if you ask me, there surely are some spots they can holdover on both lower branches, and even down to the main stem.
bigger mysteries all come from that watershed, such as 26 inch smallmouth, sturgeon, american shad all the way up to the lamington river crazy place

[RiverRat77]

Originally Posted by thmyorke1

Nice bows! more mystery holdovers from the lower raritan if you ask me, there surely are some spots they can holdover on both lower branches, and even down to the main stem.
bigger mysteries all come from that watershed, such as 26 inch smallmouth, sturgeon, american shad all the way up to the lamington river crazy place

Very well said Luke.
You know me better though...Raritan can mean alot of differnt things/places

[AndyS]

The upper half is trout stocked. Nice trout !

[RiverRat77]

Up from where?

[RiverRat77]

Originally Posted by AndyS

The upper half is trout stocked. Nice trout !

Thank you.
Andy, anything to the color of the meat showing how long the trout has been released into natural waters, or is it just age?

[Mark B.]

Originally Posted by RiverRat77

Thank you.
Andy, anything to the color of the meat showing how long the trout has been released into natural waters, or is it just age?

The pellets they feed them at the hatchery has an ingredient, carotene (carrots), that imparts the desirable orange color to the flesh.

They feed the same to farm raised salmon.

[AndyS]

The main stem of the Raritan river is stocked from the Headgates dam in Duke Island Park to the Rt 206 crossing in Somerville.

[Hookmanski]

Nice trout man!! Glad to see all the raritan action this year!