Brown troutBrown, rainbow and brook troutFish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
JFMAMJJASOND
- Guide, per angler
- $225–263
- Public access
- Good
- Crowding
- Medium
Musconetcong River
Hackettstown to Bloomsbury, New Jersey · USA
Right now
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Flow, last 7 days (cfs)Normal range for these dates
Weather forecast
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Day ratings weigh rain first (it raises and colors the river), then wind.
Flow: USGS Musconetcong River near Bloomsbury, USGS Musconetcong River at outlet of Lake Hopatcong. Recent readings are provisional. Normal range: the middle half of past flows for these dates. Forecast: National Weather Service.
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JFMAMJJASOND
Apr–Jun and Oct–Nov; the lower river holds trout all year Wrong?
The water
Below Changewater, limestone groundwater keeps the river cool enough to hold trout all year, and the Point Mountain trout conservation area below Penwell is the best-known stretch. Upstream of Changewater it is seasonal water that warms in summer.
- Target species
- Stocked rainbows, browns and brook trout; some wild browns and brookies
- Trip style
- DIY-friendly
- Access
- Wade Wrong?
- Public access
- Good Wrong?
- Crowding
- Medium Wrong?
- Difficulty
- Intermediate Wrong?
- License and rules
- Fishing licenseRegulationsWrong?
What a trip costs
You came from a self-guided day-trip search. The calculator starts with one fishing day and no guide. Licence, permit, travel and any other costs still apply.
What to bring
- Rod
- 9 ft 4 wt
- Line
- WF floating
- Leader and tippet
- 9 ft tapered
- Wading
- Waders
From fishingreports.orvis.com. Guides usually supply rods and flies on a guided day; ask when you book.
Guides and fly shops
- tightlinesflyfishing.com · guide rates
These are the businesses this page's prices and fly lists come from. A listing isn't an endorsement, and nobody pays to be here.
Getting there
Getting there
Fly into EWR Newark, then 1 hr. About 56 miles (90 km) by road. Marker at Penwell, the upstream end of the Point Mountain trout conservation area
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Driving from Allentown about 1 hr, New York City about 1 hr 30 min, Scranton about 1 hr 40 min, Philadelphia about 1 hr 50 min.
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- Public access
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Brown troutWild brown trout, rainbows, brook troutFish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
JFMAMJJASOND
- Guide, per angler
- $250
- Public access
- Good
- Crowding
- Medium