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Fish Distributed from Hackettstown State Fish Hatchery in 2000


SPECIES NUMBER AVERAGE LENGTH (inches) RANGE (inches)
Black Crappie 15,200 2.3 1.6 – 5.1
Bluegill Sunfish      
Fingerlings 66,000 1.0 .7 – 1.6
Adults 12,000 5.0 3.3 – 7.1
Brown Bullhead 7,000 4.0 3.0 – 6.0
Channel Catfish      
Fry 243,540 -- --
Fingerlings 14,820 3.2 2.4 – 3.9
Adv. Fingerlings 55,060 6.8 4.0 – 9.4
Fathead Minnows 6,200 1.0 .5 – 2.0
Golden Shiners 1,600 2.0 1.5 – 2.5
Lake Trout 3,430 7.6 6.4 – 8.8
Largemouth Bass 16,500 2.7 1.8 – 4.6
Mosquitofish 294,430 -- --
Muskellunge      
Adv. Fingerlings 7,855 9.5 7.2 – 16.3
Northern Pike      
Fry 210,420 -- --
Fingerlings 31,700 4.3 2.0 – 5.8
Adv. Fingerlings 26,077 7.0 5.1 – 8.6
Smallmouth Bass      
Fingerlings 5,400 2.5 2.1 – 2.9
Adults 175 14.0 12.0 – 18.0
Striped Bass, Hybrid 79,800 4.3 3.0 – 5.0
Tiger Muskies      
Fry 82,410 -- --
Fingerlings 16,587 5.5 2.4 – 9.2
Adv. Fingerlings 8,670 11.1 8.8 – 15.2
Walleye      
Fry 1,534,000 -- --
Fingerlings 170,430 1.8 1.0 – 2.3
Adv. Fingerlings 47,048 3.7 2.7 – 6.5
TOTAL 2,956,352    

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