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Super-Sized Trout Soon Coming To Sussex County Waters Near You
Big trout ripe for fishing will be stocked in waters across Sussex County October 11.
It's a-fishin' season and some say there's no place better to catch a nice piece of fish than the northeast.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Division of Fish and Wildlife will start stocking 16 streams and 21 ponds across the state with more than 20,000 trout from the Pequest Trout Hatchery. The rainbow trout to be stocked will measure between 14 and 22 inches and weigh in at anywhere from 1.5 to 8 pounds.
The stocking will begin on October 11 with streams and then continue the following week in ponds and lakes, including portions of the Paulins kill, Pequest, Big Flat Brook, and Wall Kill rivers. According to the Pequest Hatchery, New Jersey also boasts two Trophy Trout Lakes, one of which nourished a 32-pounder, currently the state record.
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For more information on where to catch these stocked trout, visit the Division of Wildlife site. Here is a list of areas in Sussex County where trout will be stocked:
Alms House Pond in Hampton
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Andover Jct. Brook in Andover
Big Flat Brook in Montague, Sandyston, and Walpack
Blue Mountain Lake in Walpack
Clove Brook in Wantage
Culver's Creek in Frankford
Dry Brook in Branchville
Franklin Pond Creek in Hardyston (Beaver Lake)
Glenwood Brook in Vernon
Lake Aeroflex in Andover Boro
Lake Ocquittunk in Sandyston
Little Flat Brook in Sandyston
Little Swartswood Lake in Hampton
Lubber's Run in Byram
Neldon Brook in Hampton
Papakating Creek in Frankford and Wantage
Paulins Kill River in Sparta, Lafayette, Frankford, and Stillwater
Pond Brook in Stillwater
Saw Mill Pond in Montague
Silver Lake in Hardyston
Stony Lake in Sandyston
Swartswood Lake in Swartswood and Hampton
Trout Brook (Middlebrook) in Stillwater
Wallkill River in Sparta and Hamburg
Wawayanda Creek in Vernon
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