Trout

[JWK1995]

Some buddies and I hit the musky and pequest saturday of opening day. caught 2 stocked rainbows the first 15 minutes (after 8am) of fishing and then friends shared similar success at the hole. After 9am it seemed like fishing slowed considerably and we picked up a few here and there until 2pm. Been saltwater fishing my whole life, but new into fishing streams. Is a morning bite generally the best for trout fishing? Thinking all of the anglers on the water might have had something to do to the fish closing their jaws.

[vdep217]

In my experience trout streams that are completely wadable are terrible opening day as alot of people walk through the stream including the spots the fish hold and spook them shutting them down.   Also the rain the past few weeks has them spread out more

[JWK1995]

4 minutes ago, vdep217 said:

In my experience trout streams that are completely wadable are terrible opening day as alot of people walk through the stream including the spots the fish hold and spook them shutting them down.   Also the rain the past few weeks has them spread out more

Good point. How long do you think they shut down for? Kicking myself after realizing our quarter mile hike upstream probably killed the stretch

[LPJR]

Welcome to the site. Half of the guys that you saw on the opener may be their only time trout fishing at those spots. It will get less and less crowded as the season goes on in my opinion....

[bucky]

Once the rainbows are in there for a while they will feed real good late afternoon until dark

[JWK1995]

7 minutes ago, bucky said:

Once the rainbows are in there for a while they will feed real good late afternoon until dark

thanks for the heads up!

[hunterbob1]

2 hours ago, JWK1995 said:

Some buddies and I hit the musky and pequest saturday of opening day. caught 2 stocked rainbows the first 15 minutes (after 8am) of fishing and then friends shared similar success at the hole. After 9am it seemed like fishing slowed considerably and we picked up a few here and there until 2pm. Been saltwater fishing my whole life, but new into fishing streams. Is a morning bite generally the best for trout fishing? Thinking all of the anglers on the water might have had something to do to the fish closing their jaws.

Welcome to the site jwk  Only takes a day or two for em to settle down.Daybreak is best!Daytime can be hard,depends where your fishing,open water with sun no go,find shade,back in the woods,there under brush and trees.