As of this past Saturday, April 9, trout season is open in New Jersey, and the state Department of Environmental Protection has already stocked waterways with 250,000 rainbow trout. By the end of the spring stocking season, there will be approximately 570,000 rainbow trout stocked statewide, with most trout averaging 10½ inches in length. There also will be about 6,000 2- and 3-year-old broodstock, ranging in size from 14 inches to 26 inches and weighing up to 7 pounds, in waters suitable for fish of that size.
“DEP Fish and Wildlife began stocking beautiful rainbow trout raised at the Pequest Trout Hatchery in Warren County…
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