Lamington 5/27/15:

[AndyS]

Went to check on the Lamington river near Rattlesnake road today. I am following up on a letter I had written last year about all the golf balls in the river and the fact that a trout was caught a few years ago with what seemed to be a golf ball in it's stomach. Well I don't know how they did it but they managed to take out what was a seemingly endless amount of golf balls out of the river. 2 letters were written and one of the golf courses seemed very eager to clean up the mess. I was quite surprised when I did a clean up on the North branch the other day that there were NO golf balls where the Lamington meets the N Branch. I didn't see any golf balls today, last year I saw hundreds !
Now onto the Brown trout from today, yes I was surprised. Looked like a fresh hatchery fish, worn tail, nub fins. Looks like the stocked trout I see in New York. I know one of the golf courses had mentioned doing stream restoration work, was stocking trout part of the equation ? I guess things are looking up for the Lamington, water was 66* this morning.
Picked a tick off me crawling up my leg while typing this.

[americandesi]

Nice fish Andy! From what I understand there is a private fishing club on the Black River just downstream of Hacklebarney St. Park. Maybe the club stocked them and they swam downstream?

[kcritch]

Nice fish their capt...Glad you finally couldn't find anything to pick out of the river and actually had to fish!!!

[Mike M]

Those trout really like that jig.

[Jigman13]

Nice brown Andy! Crazy how effective the letters were! See something, say something at its finest!

[Sako1]

Hey Andy,

I also caught a brownie in the Lamington earlier this year. On the small stockie side, but it had fully formed fins and clearly looked like a holdover. Away it swam, still in good shape.

Dave

[Detour66]

That a beautiful Brown trout....they are few and far between this year! Great post!

[Esox Luciano]

Originally Posted by kcritch

Nice fish their capt...Glad you finally couldn't find anything to pick out of the river and actually had to fish!!!

Ditto.
Great work Andy and awesome follow up!! Thanks again for your dedications.

[tycomps]

Originally Posted by AndyS

Went to check on the Lamington river near Rattlesnake road today. I am following up on a letter I had written last year about all the golf balls in the river and the fact that a trout was caught a few years ago with what seemed to be a golf ball in it's stomach. Well I don't know how they did it but they managed to take out what was a seemingly endless amount of golf balls out of the river. 2 letters were written and one of the golf courses seemed very eager to clean up the mess. I was quite surprised when I did a clean up on the North branch the other day that there were NO golf balls where the Lamington meets the N Branch. I didn't see any golf balls today, last year I saw hundreds !
Now onto the Brown trout from today, yes I was surprised. Looked like a fresh hatchery fish, worn tail, nub fins. Looks like the stocked trout I see in New York. I know one of the golf courses had mentioned doing stream restoration work, was stocking trout part of the equation ? I guess things are looking up for the Lamington, water was 66* this morning.
Picked a tick off me crawling up my leg while typing this.

Fished the broken dam this morning, counted 16 golf balls in the water

solution?- http://www.advancedaquarist.com/blog...e-of-fish-food

[Esox Luciano]

Originally Posted by tycomps

Fished the broken dam this morning, counted 16 golf balls in the water

Just counting or did we grab some & dispose of them?

I was fishing the 'Po on Saturday and saw some trash and bottles scattered. Didn't count how many...my girl and I simply just picked it all up.