After seeing Dejon’s awesome pictures on the home page about wild trout I got to thinking that most people have wild trout fishing a lot closer to them than they realize. I live in NJ and most people in my area are not even awhere of the prime wild trout fishing with in an hours drive and with in the state. I spend most of my time fishing the Pequannock River in north Jersey and the South Branch of the Raritian River in western Jersey along with an endless number of very small (10-15ft wide) wild trout streams. Beleave it or not there are wild browns and rainbows along with native brookies. The browns are the real jems with the average size being 10-14 inches in most rivers and a shot at fish over 20. The rainbows in the streams I’ve fish run small with a 10 inch fish being a large one. The brookies are about the same most run small and a 10-12 inch fish is a monster in the little streams I’ve fished. In other words your backyard might not have a blue ribbon stream but if your on a budget like myself it might pay to do a little research and see whats in your area.
All pictures taken in New Jersey (There is alot more to the state than what you see on the Turnpike)
Thu, Jun 25, 2009
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