Watro Weekly: 2025 Trout Stocking Schedules Now Available Online
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL FILE - Rep. Dane Watro.
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) announced its 2025 trout stocking schedules are now available online at www.fishandboat.com and on the FishBoatPA mobile app.
The schedule is searchable by county; lists the waterways in alphabetical order; and indicates stocking dates, meeting locations for volunteers and the species of trout that will be stocked at each location.
The PFBC will stock approximately 3.2 million adult trout in 691 streams and 130 lakes open to public angling. These figures, which are consistent with the number of trout stocked over the past decade, include approximately 2.4 million Rainbow Trout, 693,000 Brown Trout and 125,000 Brook Trout. As with past practice, the average size of the trout produced for stocking is 11 inches in length with an average weight of 0.58 pounds.
The PFBC will also stock approximately 14,000 golden Rainbow Trout. In addition to being stocked during the preseason period, these highly prized fish featuring vibrant golden-orange pigmentation and weighing an average of 1.5 pounds, will be stocked during in-season replenishment stockings.
In addition to trout raised at state fish hatcheries, PFBC cooperative nurseries operated by sportsmen’s clubs and other groups across the state will add another 1.2 million trout to waters open to public angling throughout the year.
Stocking is set to begin the week of Feb. 17 in advance of the statewide Mentored Youth Trout Day on Saturday, March 29, and the statewide opening day of trout season on Saturday, April 5.
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