2005 - NJ Fall stocking schedule now available!

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Fall 2005 Trout Stocking Schedule

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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

SOMERSET COUNTY

• Raritan River, North Branch

SUSSEX & WARREN COUNTIES

• Paulinskill River

[/font]October 5, Wednesday



[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]HUNTERDON, MORRIS & WARREN COUNTIES

• Musconetcong River

SUSSEX & WARREN COUNTIES

• Pequest River

[/font]October 6, Thursday



[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]SUSSEX COUNTY

• Big Flat Brook - Lower
• Wallkill River

MORRIS COUNTY

• Black River
• Rockaway River

WARREN COUNTY

• Pohatcong Creek - Lower

[/font]October 7, Friday



[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BERGEN & PASSAIC COUNTIES

• Wanaque River
• Ramapo River

HUNTERDON, MORRIS & SOMERSET COUNTIES

• Raritan River, South Branch

Week 2, October 10 - 14, 2005

[/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

BURLINGTON & CAMDEN COUNTIES

• Crystal Lake
• Sylvan Lake
• Grenlock Lake
• Oak Pond

[/font][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]October 12, Wednesday - No stocking



October 13, Thursday[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]GLOUCESTER & SALEM COUNTIES

• Greenwich Lake
• Iona Lake
• Swedesboro Lake
• Schadlers Sand Wash Pond

MIDDLESEX & MERCER COUNTIES

• Colonial Lake
• Farrington Lake
• Roosevelt Park Pond
• Rosedale Lake

[/font]October 15, Friday - No stocking <!-- #EndEditable -->

 

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Changes see: http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/news/2005/falltroutchanges05.htm

Affected are: Black River (Morris County), S/Br. Raritan River (Morris County), and Wallkill River (Sussex County).

 

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State stocking report

I received this e-mail from the state today.....

The following is a summary of changes in the fall trout stocking
schedule (http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/flstk05.htm) due to low water
flows. Plenty of good fishing awaits anglers interested in doing some
trout fishing this weekend, next week and beyond.

Week 1 (October 4 – 7)
Although the prolonged spell of dry weather has resulted in unusually
low stream flows, during Week 1 most of the streams slated for stocking
were stocked with their full allocation of trout. Some individual
stocking locations may have received fewer (or no) trout than usual if
existing conditions were unsuitable (shallow water present or pools
absent) at the time of stocking.

Major departures from the normal Week 1 stocking routine were as
follows:

Big Flatbrook – Most of the allocated trout were stocked in the
river, however, due to low water conditions approximately 150 – 200
trout (out of the 4,120 trout allocation) were diverted and stocked in
Lake Ocquittunk. Several locations above Lake Ocquittunk (Stokes SF)
could not be stocked due to low water.

Black River – Flow was so low that the river could not be stocked,
and the Lamington River was stocked instead.

Rockaway River – Most of the allocated trout were stocked in the
river, however, due to low water conditions approximately 400 trout (out
of the 3,070 trout allocation) were diverted and stocked in Mt. Hope
Pond.

S/Br. Raritan River – All of the allocated trout were stocked,
however, due to low water conditions no stocking occurred upstream of
the Rt. 513/Rt. 517 bridge in Long Valley.

Wallkill River – All of the allocated trout were stocked, however,
due to low water conditions no stocking occurred upstream of West
Mountain Road (Sparta).

Week 2 (October 11 – 13)
No changes have been made or are expected. Stocking will occur as
originally scheduled.

The stocking schedule can be found on the Division of Fish and Wildlife
website at http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/flstk05.htm.

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