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2/12/2007
| 2007 ADULT TROUT
STOCKING LIST AVAILABLE AT FISHANDBOAT.COM |
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| The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat
Commission (PFBC) is stocking longer, heavier adult trout in 2007 and
for those interested in “where” and “when” those fish will be released,
a
comprehensive stocking list is now available at www.fishandboat.com.
The list is designed so anglers can quickly get details from
easy-to-read tables detailing an entire year’s worth of stockings. To
make the list simple to use, stocking information is broken down by
county. Within each county, stream sections and lakes to be stocked are
listed alphabetically and the entire year’s worth of trout stocking
dates is shown for each. Stockings will start March 1 and as in previous
years, will be spread throughout the spring, fall and winter months.
“Trout stocking information has always been popular with Pennsylvania
anglers. With bigger trout being stocked and an earlier opening day for
18 counties this year, we expect the interest will be higher than ever,”
said PFBC Executive Director Doug Austen. “The Commission web site
continues to be the go-to source for all anglers getting ready for
bigger and better trout fishing in 2007. You can find stocking changes,
print
maps,
locate a wild trout water, buy a license – everything you need
except a larger landing net.” |
| The Commission will stock some 3.4
million adult trout in Pennsylvania waters open to public angling.
This figure includes trout produced at
state fish hatcheries, trout obtained from the United States
Fish & Wildlife Service as part of a cooperative agreement, and
trout obtained through a purchase contract with a commercial
hatchery.
Overall, there will be a 30 percent increase in the weight of
these fish, and the average length will increase to 11 inches – with
more than a few trophy-sized fish mixed in as well. Since the
Commission’s hatchery system production is capped at 1.9 million
pounds of trout, statewide the number of individual trout produced
was adjusted accordingly.
“By making the change to raising fewer but larger adult trout,
the Commission is responding to the preference expressed by anglers
through input at public meetings, correspondence, and on-the-water
angler surveys” Austen noted. |
| SOME STOCKING SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS The
2007 adult trout stocking schedule features information on
all the adult trout releases currently planned. Among some of
the notable stockings are:
 | Information on nine water sections added to the stocking
program: Big Run, Lawrence County; Cold Stream, Centre County;
Cold Stream Dam, Centre County; Muddy Creek, Lancaster County;
Nesquehoning Creek, Carbon County; South Branch Canawacta
Creek, Susquehanna County; Sweet Arrow Lake, Schuylkill County
and Upper Ice Dam, Luzerne County. |
| Stocking information on four stream sections affected in
2006 by a train car derailment. The Commission will resume
adult trout stockings on Sinnemahoning-Portage Creek, Section
3 and Sinnemahoning-Driftwood Branch, Sections 4, 5 and 6.
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| The restoration of trout stocking at Opossum Creek Lake,
Cumberland County. |
Click here to view highlights in more detail for these and other
changes to the stocking list. |
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| In addition to the boost in fish
size, the size of the trout season is growing as well for 18 counties in
southcentral and southeastern Pennsylvania. The 2007 trout season will
open at 8 a.m. March 31 in waters in Adams, Berks, Bucks, Chester,
Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Franklin, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon,
Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, Perry, Philadelphia, Schuylkill and
York counties. (The season starts at 8 a.m. April 14 elsewhere.)
Differences exist in climate across Pennsylvania and the time frame
for providing optimum conditions for trout angling during the spring
arrives earlier in portions of southern Pennsylvania. Warmer
temperatures there provide conditions better suited for trout angling at
an earlier time in the spring. However, these same warming conditions
also can limit trout angling opportunities by mid-spring. The
combination of a mid-April opening day and the potential for these
waters to become too warm for trout angling by mid-May constricts the
amount of time that trout angling can be provided.
“Starting the trout season earlier in parts of Pennsylvania expands
fishing opportunities and improves our stocking and management efforts,”
said Austen. “Opening Day has long been a time of great anticipation for
anglers. This change promises to add more excitement in 2007 to an
already popular pursuit.” |
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