2017 Fall Trout

[Mark B.]

Originally Posted by thmyorke1

If non-pristine streams in urban areas get stocked in the spring, such as the passaic, how come they can't get it in the fall?

28.5 times as many trout are available in the spring than the fall. Therefore, a lot more waters can be stocked.

Spring: approximately 570,000 rainbow trout raised at the Division's Pequest Trout Hatchery are stocked into 88 streams and 88 ponds and lakes located throughout New Jersey. The majority of trout will average 10½ inches but large breeders, measuring 15 - 21", and weighing up to 5 pounds are also distributed in the early weeks of the season.

Fall: more than 20,000 trout measuring approximately 14" up to 22" in length and weighing one-and-a-half pounds to almost eight pounds will be stocked. These Rainbow Trout will be stocked in 16 streams and 21 ponds.