April 8 - Where I Will Be

[buckfever1974]

Having a closing scene..."River Runs Through It" kinda day....

 

Booked a cabin at Stokes State Forest this morning for the opening weekend of the NJ spring trout stocking program. I am going to bring my two little girls who are not so little anymore. Dylan had her first dose of the opening day crowd last year and Gabby will have hers this year. There had been no cabins available for a few months and I went online this morning for some reason just to check and there was one single opening. I had to book it. Trout fishing down at the Flatbrook last season was the last real outdoor activity that we got to do as a family with Pop Pop. It isn't the closest spot, far from it but I'v been fishing there for 35 years and it's the one place that no matter the crowds, the weather conditions or how the fishing is, memories from past seasons are absolutely soaked into the landscape and the waters as they flow by.

 

It's January, and it's cold....and I work at a freaking desk......

Edited January 13, 2016 by buckfever1974

[buckfever1974]

Forgot the best pic I will ever have from over there.

[LPJR]

Sounds cool,  and something your family will look forward to over the next few cold months!

[SxSshooter]

Wow, that time already!  Good luck!

[MeatEater]

Good luck in April...

 

I am sitting at a desk too. Not too bad when it is cold outside.

[LPJR]

Great pic of your dad with your kids checking out the water   

 

Looks like the Roy Bridge?

[buckfever1974]

Great pic of your dad with your kids checking out the water   

 

Looks like the Roy Bridge?

 

That particular picture is.  Lot's of time on your hands when you get there in the morning and you can't fishi until 5pm.

[Bucksnbows]

That particular picture is.  Lot's of time on your hands when you get there in the morning and you can't fishi until 5pm.

 

Brian - just walk upstream above that bridge, leave any bait in your car, and fish for catch and release trout until 5pm on stocking days.  Then slip downstream back to the general regulations waters and you're all set if you want to take some fish home.  With over 4 miles in the new No-Kill, tons of great fishing so long as they all go back and you stick with artificial only lures or flies.  

[Rusty]

Well done Dad!!    

[LPJR]

Brian - just walk upstream above that bridge, leave any bait in your car, and fish for catch and release trout until 5pm on stocking days.  Then slip downstream back to the general regulations waters and you're all set if you want to take some fish home.  With over 4 miles in the new No-Kill, tons of great fishing so long as they all go back and you stick with artificial only lures or flies.  

B&B, my son and I came across these "catch and release/no kill signs on the Flatbook while Pheasant hunting a couple weeks ago.

 

These signs were just above the tri-bridges. Possible I did not notice them before......  

 

I am assuming this is new? Any info is appreciated!

[Bucksnbows]

B&B, my son and I came across these "catch and release/no kill signs on the Flatbook while Pheasant hunting a couple weeks ago.

 

These signs were just above the tri-bridges. Possible I did not notice them before......  

 

I am assuming this is new? Any info is appreciated!

 

It began Jan. 1, 2014 as a No-Kill stretch.  From route 206 all the way downstream to the Roy Bridge is now a year round No-kill, catch and release only, no bait, artificial only stretch.  The fly fish only designation is gone as is the first 9 day of the season bait fishing and all that water is No-Kill now.  Without hijacking the thread, Trout Unlimited worked closely with Division staff to bring science to the ultimate decision to make this no-kill to better protect our wild brookies and browns in this stretch and because a full 70% of NJ trout anglers consider themselves either fully or predominantly C&R trout anglers. Some of the better wild brook trout water remains upstream of this No-Kill, but it was a great compromise in the end.  It is some of the only water in the state that remains safe to fish even in the dog days of summer and it has some of the best insect hatches due to the lack of development in this watershed.  

[LPJR]

It began Jan. 1, 2014 as a No-Kill stretch.  From route 206 all the way downstream to the Roy Bridge is now a year round No-kill, catch and release only, no bait, artificial only stretch.  The fly fish only designation is gone as is the first 9 day of the season bait fishing and all that water is No-Kill now.  Without hijacking the thread, Trout Unlimited worked closely with Division staff to bring science to the ultimate decision to make this no-kill to better protect our wild brookies and browns in this stretch and because a full 70% of NJ trout anglers consider themselves either fully or predominantly C&R trout anglers. Some of the better wild brook trout water remains upstream of this No-Kill, but it was a great compromise in the end.  It is some of the only water in the state that remains safe to fish even in the dog days of summer and it has some of the best insect hatches due to the lack of development in this watershed.  

B&B, this is awesome.

 

A job well done by all involved it appears. This information is appreciated. Thanks

Water looks great upstream, definitely going to get the little guy out with the fly rod this year!