NEW JERSEY – On Monday, Nov. 23 and Tuesday, Nov. 24 approximately 4,460 two-year old Rainbow Trout, averaging 14-18 inches, will be stocked in designated ponds and lakes across the state, according to the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife.
The Winter Trout Stocking Program is the final one each year, bringing the total of trout stocked from the Pequest Trout Hatchery in Warren County to more than 600,000.
The Winter Trout Stocking Program extends trout fishing action through the winter months and early spring until spring stocking begins (opening day is April 10 in 2021). In fact, spring anglers are in for a real battle when they hook into trout stocked as part of the NJDEP Division of Fish & Wildlife’s fall and winter programs which are not caught and hold over.
2020 Winter Trout Stocking Waters By County:
- Atlantic County
Birch Grove Park Pond – 190 - Camden County
Haddon Lake – 210
Rowands Pond – 100 - Cape May County
Ponderlodge Pond (Cox Hall WMA) – 160 - Cumberland County
Shaws Mill Pond – 210
South Vineland Park Pond – 190 - Hunterdon County
Amwell Lake – 260 - Monmouth County
Spring Lake – 200
Topenemus Lake – 190 - Morris County
Mt. Hope Pond – 280 - Ocean County
Lake Shenandoah – 240 - Passaic County
Barbour’s Pond – 270 Green Turtle Pond – 330 - Sussex County
Lake Aerofle – 370
Lake Ocquittunk – 250
Little Swartswood Lake – 350
Silver Lake – 300 - Warren County
Furnace Lake – 360
