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Fall 2005 Trout Stocking Schedule
DUE TO PERSISTENT DRY WEATHER AND RESULTING LOW STREAM FLOWS THERE MAY BE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES MADE TO THE UPCOMING FALL TROUT STOCKING SCHEDULE. ANY CHANGES WILL BE POSTED ON THIS PAGE PRIOR TO THE START OF STOCKING ON OCTOBER 3.
Commencing this year the fall stocking period has been shortened to a two-week period (the third week of stocking has been eliminated). Surplus trout (averaging 5 to 6 inches) traditionally stocked during the third week of fall stocking, had to be stocked months earlier to free-up growing space in the hatchery raceways, as the hatchery transitions from the production of one-year old trout for this fall, to larger, two-year old trout for the fall and winter of 2006. Broodstock trout (approximately 1,000 three-year old rainbow trout, averaging 17-18 inches) will be stocked during the first and second weeks of fall stocking. The majority of the 47,750 catchable trout being stocked this fall are one-year old rainbow trout averaging 9½ inches. However, approximately 13 percent of this total (6,000) are larger 2-year old brown and brook trout, averaging 14-15 inches. These larger trout were reared to test the ability of the hatchery system to produce two-year old trout for the 2006 fall and winter trout stocking programs. Week 1 - October 3 - 7, 2005
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]October 3, Monday - No stocking
October 4, Tuesday[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]MONMOUTH & OCEAN COUNTIES
- Manasquan River
- Metedeconk River, North Branch
- Metedeconk River, South Branch
- Tom's River
- Raritan River, North Branch
- Paulinskill River
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]HUNTERDON, MORRIS & WARREN COUNTIES
- Musconetcong River
- Pequest River
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]SUSSEX COUNTY
- Big Flat Brook - Lower
- Wallkill River
- Black River
- Rockaway River
- Pohatcong Creek - Lower
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BERGEN & PASSAIC COUNTIES
- Wanaque River
- Ramapo River
- Raritan River, South Branch
[/font][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]October 10, Monday - No stocking
October 11, Tuesday[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]ATLANTIC & CUMBERLAND COUNTIES
- Hammonton Lake
- Giampetro Park Pond
- Maurice River
- Mary Elmer Lake
- Crystal Lake
- Sylvan Lake
- Grenlock Lake
- Oak Pond
October 13, Thursday[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]GLOUCESTER & SALEM COUNTIES
- Greenwich Lake
- Iona Lake
- Swedesboro Lake
- Schadlers Sand Wash Pond
- Colonial Lake
- Farrington Lake
- Roosevelt Park Pond
- Rosedale Lake