Fall 2010 Trout Stocking Schedule
The Star-Ledger visited the Pequest Hatchery during 2008 fall stocking to film the large trout being loaded onto the stocking trucks. Check out the video at the following link, and don't miss out; go trout fishing this fall or winter - http://videos.nj.com/star-ledger/2008/10/bigger_trout_for_the_fall_seas.html.
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Fall Trout Stocking Map (.jpg, 160kb)
The fall stocking, originally scheduled to begin on Tuesday, October 5, has been postponed one week and will instead commence on Tuesday, October 12. (Details) Approximately 21,000 two-year old brook, brown and rainbow trout, averaging 14 - 16 inches, are stocked in 16 streams and 16 ponds and lakes over a two-week period. All fish were raised at the division's Pequest Trout Hatchery.
Streams are stocked during the first week, and ponds and lakes are stocked during the second week. In addition to these trout, up to 1,000 broodstock trout (three-year old rainbow trout, averaging 17 - 18 inches) are also be stocked. Broodstock trout are mixed in with each truckload of fish. The total number of fish allocated for each water is shown below.
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.
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See the Fall Trout Fishing Information page for details about this season's stocking.
Week 1 - October 11-15, 2010
October 11, Monday - No stocking
October 12, Tuesday
MONMOUTH & OCEAN COUNTIES
- Manasquan River - 640
- Metedeconk River, North Branch - 270
- Metedeconk River, South Branch - 240
- Tom's River (including TCA) - 350
SOMERSET COUNTY
- Raritan River, North Branch - 920
SUSSEX & WARREN COUNTIES
- Paulinskill River, and E/Br and W/Br (including E/Br TCA, Sussex Co.) - 1,720
October 13, Wednesday
HUNTERDON, MORRIS & WARREN COUNTIES
- Musconetcong River (including Point Mt. TCA, Hunterdon County) - 2,800
SUSSEX & WARREN COUNTIES
- Pequest River (including TCA, Pequest WMA) - 1,760
October 14, Thursday
SUSSEX COUNTY
- Big Flat Brook - 1,600
- Wallkill River - 430
MORRIS COUNTY
- Black River - 320
- Rockaway River - 1,280
WARREN COUNTY
October 15, Friday
BERGEN & PASSAIC COUNTIES
- Wanaque River - 330
- Ramapo River - 870
HUNTERDON, MORRIS & SOMERSET COUNTIES
- Raritan River, South Branch (including TCA, Ken Lockwood Gorge) - 2,530
Week 2, October 18-22, 2010
October 18, Monday - No stocking
October 19, Tuesday
ATLANTIC & CUMBERLAND COUNTIES
- Giampetro Park Pond - 170
- Hammonton Lake - 340
- Mary Elmer Lake - 170
- Maurice River - 400
BURLINGTON, CAMDEN & GLOUCESTER COUNTIES
- Crystal Lake - 170
- Grenloch Lake - 170
- Oak Pond - 170
- Sylvan Lake - 170
October 20, Wednesday
GLOUCESTER & SALEM COUNTIES
- Greenwich Lake - 170
- Iona Lake - 170
- Schadlers Sand Wash Pond - 170
- Swedesboro Lake - 170
MIDDLESEX & MERCER COUNTIES
- Colonial Lake - 170
- Farrington Lake - 340
- Roosevelt Park Pond - 170
- Rosedale Lake - 170
October 21, Thursday - No stocking
October 22, Friday - No stocking
UPDATES
Fall Trout Stocking Postponed One Week - 9/29/10
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