A Hackettstown Hatchery Adventure- Musky Spawning! You guys will like reading this!

[The Birdman]

The NJ hackettstown crew does an awesome job spawning these beautiful creatures, thanks for the photo's and insights. NJ has an excellent hatch rate % also.
I believe the small musky fry are the only species that requires live food ( fat head minnows) to eat when raising them to stocking size.

Ken, did they mention anything about Echo lake trapnets? I was there on Saturday and they were not set in their usual locations. I believe that photo is actually form echo nets in the past.

[AndyS]

They feed the small muskies trout !!! (Gotta start 'em young)
All the Smallmouth eggs crashed, none hatched.

[NJSquatch]

Originally Posted by andys

all the smallmouth eggs crashed, none hatched.

boo!

[icebadger]

good stuff ken. it is neet to see how they raise giant green slime darts. i myself have no intrest in catching them .but it is great to see the guys and gals of the hatchery getting thier jobs done with all sorts of fish :cool,

[FASTEDDIE29]

Super awesome read! Thanks for posting this Ken! Very cool!

Very cool stuff....thanks for posting! Did they say what happened to the small mouths or what impact that would have on stockings this year? Meaning is the stocking a one and done with the hatchery or are there other runs they'll try. If not, will they purchase fry from outside the state or does it mean stocking this year for small mouth won't happen?

[KenBeam]

Originally Posted by FASTEDDIE29

Super awesome read! Thanks for posting this Ken! Very cool!

Thanks Eddie! Glad ya liked it -

[Mark B.]

Originally Posted by AndyS

All the Smallmouth eggs crashed, none hatched.

That was in 2016.

2017 Broodstock SMB collection (hook n' line) @ Yards Creek Res. is taking place this week.

[Jigman13]

Very cool stuff. I'd love to take my son up there for a tour like that. He'd have a blast.

[Eskimo]

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Looks like you had a fun day.

Originally Posted by AndyS

All the Smallmouth eggs crashed, none hatched.

As I understand it, NJ doesn't really stock that many bass. They mostly rely on natural reproduction and stock bass only in a few bodies of water that are having population problems or were drained and re-filled. Correct me if I am wrong.

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