NORTHWEST, NJ – New Jersey Fish and Wildlife’s Hackettstown State Fish Hatchery crew recently stocked 2,400 landlocked salmon averaging 16.3 inches in length.
The waters stocked were:
- Lake Wawayanda – 1297
- Lake Aeroflex – 605
- Tilcon Lake – 500
Merrill Creek Reservoir is scheduled to be stocked Nov. 16 with 700 fish, once fall fish sampling operations are completed.
The landlocked salmon were acquired in trade for surplus Northern Pike fingerlings from the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife’s Roger Reed Salmon Hatchery.
The Hackettstown Hatchery has stocked over 20,000 catchable size salmon in these waters over the last five years.
