![]() Bass Pro Shops is your trusted source for quality fishing, hunting, boating and outdoor sporting goods. Inspiring people to enjoy & protect the great outdoors. PA 2. 01. 7 Adult Trout Stocking Schedules Now Available. Anglers can easily search the trout stocking schedules for locations and dates of interest. To view the list, simply go to www. Fish" in the upper right corner, then select Trout Stocking Scheduleshttp: //fbweb. Trout. Stocking. Details_GIS. From there, select a county and enter start and end dates from the calendars at the top of the page. Then press "Go." For anglers with smartphones, an even easier way to view the schedules is through the Fish. Boat. PA app, which is available for free from the Apple App and Google Play stores. Included in this year's stocking lists are the Keystone Select Stocked Trout Waters, a program where 1. Approximately 4,5. Pennsylvania's best wild trout waters. The program was launched last year with eight waters. This year six new waters are being added. Select here to see the list of waters. The 2. 01. 7 season will open March 2. Mentored Youth Trout Day program in 1. Adams, Berks, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Franklin, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, Perry, Philadelphia, Schuylkill and York. The following weekend – April 1 – kicks off the Regional Opening Day of Trout Season in the same 1. A second Mentored Youth Day will be held on April 8, the Saturday before the April 1. The mentored youth program has been a very popular program from the moment we launched it in 2. PFBC Executive Director John Arway. It encourages adults to take kids fishing, to show them that fishing is fun, and to promote active, outdoor recreation."To participate in the mentored youth program, adult anglers (1. Youth anglers must obtain a free PFBC- issued permit, or a voluntary youth fishing license (only $2. Both are available at www. Gone. Fishing. PA. For every voluntary youth license sold, the PFBC receives approximately $5 in federal revenue from the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Sport Fish Restoration Act program, which provides funds to states based on a formula that includes the number of licenses a state sells. All revenues earned from a voluntary youth fishing license are dedicated to youth fishing programs. The PFBC annually stocks approximately 3. These figures include approximately 2 million rainbow trout; 6. As with past practice, the average size of the trout produced for stocking is 1. In addition to these fish, the PFBC plans to stock about 8,7. Also, PFBC cooperative nurseries run by sportsmen's clubs across the state will add another 1 million trout to waters open to public angling. A majority of the trout waters will be stocked in advance of the mentored youth days. But some of the waters may not be stocked in time due to weather, water conditions and scheduling logistics. Also, special regulation areas, like Catch and Release Fly- Fishing Only or Delayed Harvest Artificial Lures Only, are not included in the mentored youth program. Changes for the 2. Adult Trout Stocking Program Changes. Stocking additions, extensions and waters restored to the stocking program. Glade Run Lake, Butler County. Adult trout stocking will be reinstated in this 5. Rainbow trout will be stocked during the preseason and inseason stocking periods. Lehigh River, Carbon County Located near Jim Thorpe, PA, a 3. Glen Onoko downstream to the confluence with Mauch Chunk Creek will be added to the adult trout stocking program. Rainbow trout and brown trout will be stocked during the preseason stocking period. Cold Stream Dam, Centre County. Adult trout stocking will resume in this 9. Rainbow trout will be stocked during the preseason and inseason stocking periods. Pequea Creek, Lancaster County. A 1- mile extension of the stocking limits will lead to an increase in the number of trout allocated to this stream. The revised stocking limits will extend for a distance 5. Wanner Drive Bridge (T- 5. School Lane Road (T- 9. Rainbow trout will be stocked during the preseason stocking period and Brown Trout and Rainbow Trout will be stocked during the inseason stocking period. White Deer Creek, Union County. An inseason stocking will be added to the 3- mile section of stream extending from the SR 0. Bridge (West bound lane) downstream to the mouth. Formerly, this section of stream had been stocked on a preseason- only basis. Brook trout and brown trout will be stocked during the inseason stocking period. Early Warning Waters. Hockenberry Run, Clearfield County An increase in the amount of landowner posting has led to the removal of trout stocking from the 4- mile section of stream extending from Irvona Reservoir on State Game Land # 1. Little Clearfield Creek, Clearfield County An increase in the amount of landowner posting has led to the removal of trout stocking from a 4. SR 2. 02. 3 Bridge (Turkey Hill Bridge) downstream to the confluence with Laurel Run. Minsi Lake, Northampton County The inseason and fall stockings will be removed from this 1. Spring of 2. 01. 7 for maintenance repairs to the dam. A preseason stocking of rainbow trout will be made to provide early spring angling opportunities prior to the drawdown. Donegal Lake, Westmoreland County This 8. Media contact: Eric Levis, Press Secretary. To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit: http: //www. SOURCE Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission Related Linkshttp: //www.
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