The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-27
NBW JERSEY TROUT STREAMS
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III 10 not necessary to 20 far away
from New York to got good trout fishing.
said the veteran angler as he affection
ately oaressed book OF somewhat moth
eaten flies You can get good trout
fishing within thirty miles Of New York.
and ] don't mean down on Long Island.
where tho public waters are bshed ont
in a few days
The country along the Greenwood
Lake branch % the Erie. from Sterling
Forest. the terminus Of the line down
to MidvaIe will give YOU what . call good
trout fishing. Sterling Forest il forty
Ave miles ont and Midvale il about fifteen
miles nearer the city
AZ Sterling Forest the wanaque River
pronounced wy-nock-y by the nativesI
has its source in Greenwood Lake by
means Of . dam. There are a few bass
washed over the dam, and their presence
probably accounts for the scarcity O.
trout in the river proper However.
the ones YOU get there are big enough
TO take care % themselves
The main stream IL fed all along it,
course by delightful little spring brooks.
and every one Of these brooks contains
trout in large quantities. In fact the
quantities are larger than the trout and
you will probably throw back at least
half your catch. for the hngeriings are
the most voracious I ever saw One
day last spring while fishing a tributary
Of West Brook. a little stream tumbIing
down through a rocky gorge. threw hack
over fifty between Ave and SIX inches
long and then stopped fishing until I got
down 70 West Brook. where the fish were
larger.
If you go up into this country. though.
you may az well leave your flies and
ooAxern and other artificial lures at home
Bait fishing IL the only thing that will
bring you any returns. Make up your
mind TO stide any scruples YOU may have
and stick TO the humble worm
Even late in the season have tried out
these strea ms religiously and under the
most favorable conditions. but nary trout
would touch q nv And my experience
has been borne out by others who have
made various experiments.
4 think the reason for this in that these
trout are more or less bottom feeders.
The rocky bed OF the wanaaue River IL
full Of hslRTamites and the trout feed on
these. A coed sized helGramite il a big
mouthful for trout Of the size you &c; here
bat have evidence that the trout DO feed
on Lhem. In one pool in the Wanaque
near the old furnace at Hewett station. I
caught four cne day each about ten inches
long. ! stopped long enough 20 dress
them, and in doing 40 found a belSramits
Some Of these httts BROOKS that empty
into the Wanaque are pretty well hehed.
the easier ones. while others are hidden
away and are almost inaccessible IN what
posted. and then only for short distances.
The natives do absolutely no trout fishing
which IL all tho hotter for the city sports
man The Greenwood Lake guides don't
care to exert themselves more than they
have 20. Pulling a rowboat on the lake
appeals 90 them more than tramping a
brook.
Long before I knew there were any
trout worth botbering about in that region
was out after parttdges IN the fall and
through Jennings Hollow. II looked de-
cidedIV trouty 90 me. and when I got hack
to the lake asked one 81 the natives about
H. He said he thought there might have
neNu trout tDGFP wears ago DlN ne nam Y
heard % any having been caught there
4 tried il the follow ing spring. and took
twenty -eight over the legal size. and found |
IL fun Of yearlinGs After making a steep |
descent for about two miles this brook |
strikes a meadow where there are several /
pools II was late in the season, and thers |
vas little water in the pools. and the I
swamp made them difticult to reach: but |
there were some big fellows in there: The |
approach vas - bad that they took fright. !,
and the swiEis In the water a. they made |
for the banks and sunken logs told the /
story ~ their presence.
Farther down the Wanaaue, lust he low |
hewitt station, another brook comes in !
from the left. a tiny one that aows for a
couple Of miles through meadow land /
mile. bat contains lots " trout. short ,
distance below thbs comes Beach Brook. |
aTording two miles Of good fishing. baBt I
here pernla3-on must lpe mad of Billy Pat \
teraon whose farmhouse u situated lust /
where the brook flows into the WanAque.
For about a miIs from its mouth Beach /
Brook runs through a meadow. az places 4
little more than . swiftly howing ditch.
but deep. and with cut under oaverns /
hack OF OverhanginR hanks where lurk i
some did soclrdolaNerw. know there In at 4
least one that mtlas weigh two pounds. for /
I had hold % him last year. and I'm going l
FOR him again ss soon after the first % /
April ~ can Rst away.
Beach Brook. like Jennings's Brook. !
has ia source up IN the mountains. You 1
folIoW a word road up about two miles.
prsAtieSt hits ~ woodland you ever saW. |
This brook ought ~ yield any angler 4
1Oiaple o. duzRn nice trout.
These brooks nre bsst rsachod By max /