Super-Sized Trout Soon Coming To Morris County Waters Near You

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 Black River, Rockaway River, Raritan River, and Speedwell Lake in Morris County. The Paulinskill, Pequest, Big Flat Brook, and Wallkill rivers in neighboring Sussex County also be receiving stock. According to the Pequest Hatchery, New Jersey also boasts two Trophy Trout Lakes, one of which nourished a 32-pounder, currently the state record.

For more information on where to catch these stocked trout, visit the Division of Wildlife site. Here is a list of areas in Morris County where trout will be stocked:

Beaver Brook in Rockaway

Black River in Chester

Burnham Park Pond in Morristown

Drakes Brook in Mt. Olive (Flanders)

Hibernia Brook in Rockaway

India Brook in Mendham

Lake Hopatcong in Hopatcong Boro

Lake Musconetcong in Roxbury

Mt. Hope Pond in Rockaway

Musconetcong River in Hopatcong Heights

Musconetcong River in Mt. Olive

Passaic River in Chatham Boro

Raritan River S/B in Mount Olive and Washington / Long Valley

Rockaway River in Jefferson, Wharton, Dover, Rockaway Boro, Denville, and Boonton

Russia Brook in Jefferson

Speedwell Lake in Morristown

Whippany River in Mendham, Morris, and Morristown

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