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Fish Distributed from Hackettstown State Fish Hatchery in 2002


SPECIES NUMBER AVERAGE LENGTH (inches) RANGE (inches)
Black Crappie 1,200 3.5 3.3 – 4.0
Bluegill Sunfish
Fingerlings 3,000 2.0 1.5 – 2.5
Adults 18,460 6.0 4.6 – 9.0
Brown Bullhead 200 10.0 9.0 – 12.0
Channel Catfish
Fingerlings 132,076 2.0 1.7 – 2.3
Adv. Fingerlings 49,005 7.0 6.0 – 8.0
Yearlings 4,369 16.0 11.0 18.0
Adults 125 20.0 15.0 – 28.0
Fathead Minnows 54,000 1.0 0.5 – 1.5
Lake Trout 4,862 7.2 6.5 – 8.2
Largemouth Bass
Fingerlings
6,140 2.2 1.4 – 3.2
Adults
120 10.0 8.0 – 14.0
Mosquitofish 434,531 1.0 0.5 – 1.8
Muskellunge
2,975
10.2
6.1 – 14.3
Northern Pike
Fry 100,000 -- --
Fingerlings 39,900 3.3 2.6 – 3.8
Adv. Fingerlings 32,580 6.6 5.4 – 8.2
Smallmouth Bass
17,267 2.4 1.5 – 5.4
Striped Bass 405 14.4 12.4 15.8
Striped Bass, Hybrid 39,915 4.0 3.5 – 4.6
Tiger Muskies
Fingerlings 17,600 1.2 1.0 – 1.5
Adv. Fingerlings 16,526 10.5 8.8 – 11.2
Walleye
Fry 730,800 -- --
Fingerlings 303,170 1.9 1.6 – 2.2
Adv. Fingerlings 19,769 4.5 3.0 – 9.0
TOTAL 2,028,995    

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