CJTU is one of New Jersey's leading advocacy and conservation groups leading the fight to protect cold water fisheries and their environment. Our members represent a diverse cross-section of New Jersey and its surrounding areas, but all of us are joined together by a love of trout fishing and a commitment to preserve cold water fisheries for future generations.

Our mission is to conserve, protect and restore New Jersey's trout streams and their watersheds. In order to achieve our goals, we conduct habitat improvement projects, stream restoration projects, stream clean-ups, and educational programs such as Trout in the Classroom, among other activities. We strive to educate the next generation about the importance to preserve the environment and wild trout. While engaged in conservation efforts, we manage to have a lot of fun, whether at monthly meetings, chapter fishing trips, fly tying, fly fishing, or stream projects. We invite you to join us.


General Meeting







Tuesday, March 12th, 2024


Fritz Miller

Fly Fishing for Pike in the Garden State

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Fritz will take us through the anatomy of a pike, understanding how they feed, using that information to:
1.) locate them on rivers (mainly the Passaic)
2.) design flies
3.) how to fish said those flies.
Fritz will also discuss how weather/season affect pike behavior and how to use this information to target them at strategic times

Fishing and the outdoors have deep roots in Fritz Miller’s family life. As Fritz describes it “ I’ve had a rod in my hand and been on a boat for as long as I can remember. I grew up along the Delaware River in Florence and spent majority of my time fishing for anything that swims along its banks. The summers were usually spent down in LBI seine netting minnows, catching fluke, stripers, blues, and crabs from sunup to sun down. Fly fishing didn’t come until a little bit later in life, around the age of 18 and it’s been my passion ever since. Second to being on the water is sitting behind a vise. I spent almost every ounce of free time perfecting patterns, creating my own, or trying to create the perfect fly for the perfect situation. Over the past few years, guiding has been one of my favorite past times as I am a teacher at heart. I recently acquired my captains license to help teach the art of fly fishing, not only on streams for trout but for stripers and toothy critters that inhabit our waters “.




Tuesday, June 11th, 2024

Annual Picnic Meeting




Meeting Location

American Legion Hall
137 New Market Road
Dunellen, NJ

Meetings starts at 8:00 PM
Non Members are always welcome!




News & Events




Musky River Clean-up

Saturday, April 13, 2024



Califon Troutfest

Saturday, April 20, 2024



Rutgers Day

Saturday, April 27, 2024



Final Point Mountain Stocking

The CJTU stocking team completed the fall stocking of the Point Mountain stretch on October 11th. Since the spring we have put into the river over 1700 trout. Because the stretch is a trout conservation area, the fish should hold over to provide good fishing throughout the Point Mountain stretch. With the help of the Hunterdon county parks department we spread the fish along the river for about a mile above the Point Mountain bridge Thanks to all the volunteers who participated in the stockings.

Photos courtesy of Mark Scavo.

Ed Kordyla, CJTU stocking coordinator



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September Connetquot River Trip

CJTU members had a gorgeous day to enjoy a fishing trip to the Connetquot River on Long Island on Wednesday, September 20th. Perfect cool summer weather, many landing double digits of trout during the day, and just enjoying being outdoors on a truly picturesque stream. Hope to do this again !



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Trout in the Classroom

TIC News & Information

Trout in the Classroom (TIC) is an environmental education program in which students in grades k-12:

  • Raise trout from eggs to fry.
  • Monitor tank water quality.
  • Engage in stream habitat study.
  • Learn to appreciate water resources.
  • Begin to foster a conservation ethic.
  • Grow to understand ecosystems.

Most programs end the year by releasing their trout in a state approved stream near the school or within a nearby watershed.

During the year each teacher tailors the program to fit his or her curricular needs.  Therefore, each program is unique. TIC has interdisciplinary applications in science, social studies, mathematics, language arts, fine arts, and physical education.


Central Jersey TU Schools
2021 - 2022 School Year



Fly Fisher of the Year

New Jersey’s 14th Annual NJ Fly Fisherman of the Year event was held on Sunday November 5, 2023 at Shannon’s Private Waters at the Raritan Inn Bed & Breakfast, Califon, NJ. The event is sponsored by The Raritan Inn and South Branch Outfitters of Califon, NJ.

Fly fishing organizations throughout the state are invited to select one (1) member each to participate in the One-Fly Contest.


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Temple University Campus Outreach

On Thursday, September 14th, 2023, CJTU helped run a campus outreach program at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA with representation from TU, TU Costa 5 Rivers College Clubs, Southeast Montgomery TU, Conservation Voters of PA, PA Fish and Boat Commission and the Casting for Recovery Eastern PA Program.



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