Fall 2017 Trout Stocking Schedule

Fall Trout Stocking Map (.jpg, 225kb)

Fall Trout Stocking Summary (10/19/17) 2017 Updates NOTE: Due to general low flow conditions some individual stocking points may not have been stocked this fall. Stocking truck drivers would determine if each location had enough water to allow for stocking on the day of the run. If conditions did not allow for a point to be stocked, the fish allocated for that stocking point were spread out among the other stocking points on that same river or stream as conditions allow. Please check the Updates for the latest information. During the 2017 fall trout stocking season the Division of Fish and Wildlife stocked more than 20,000 trout in the state's major trout waters. The fish will be stocked from the Pequest Trout Hatchery from October 10-18. Two-year old trout measuring approximately 14" up to 18" in length and weighing approximately one-and-a-half pounds, along with some three-year old broodstock (averaging around four pounds) each were stocked. These Rainbow Trout were stocked in 16 streams and 21 ponds. The number of ponds increased beginning in 2016 with six waters moved from the Winter Stocking Program (see Updates) over the two-week period. As in past years, streams (except the Maurice River) were stocked the first week, and ponds and lakes were stocked during the second week. The majority of streams stocked in the fall support holdover trout fisheries, providing anglers opportunities for larger trout to be caught year-round. The stocking boundaries for streams are the same as in the spring (see the current Freshwater Digest for information). There are no closed dates during the fall stocking period. Updates to the fall stocking program will be posted as necessary. See the Fall Trout Fishing Information page for details about this season's stocking.

Fall Rainbow Trout! Click to enlarge Photo by Tom Pagliaroli

Week 1 - October 9-13, 2017

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