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2017 Spring Trout Allocations and
In-Season Stocking Days

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NOTE: Due to a delay in the printing of the Trout Regulation Signs a number of waters have yet to be posted. All waters have been and will be stocked as scheduled.

The alphabetical listing of trout-stocked waters showing stocking dates and numbers of fish to be stocked provides quick reference for each waterbody's weekly spring trout allocation. For the seven week in-season period, the day of the week that stocking is scheduled is also provided.

This schedule is subject to change; any deviations will be noted in the Stocking Updates section of the 2017 Trout Stocking Schedule Page and on the 24-hour Trout Stocking Hotline (609-633-6765).

Anglers should consult the 2017 NJ Freshwater Fishing Digest, pages 18 - 22, for a complete description of all trout fishing regulations, including special regulations and in-season stocking closures that may apply to individual trout-stocked waters. Beginning in 2015 and continuing until further notice, all trout stocked are Rainbow Trout only.

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Waterbody
Pre-Season
Stocking Period
In-Season Stocking Period
[M = Monday; Tu = Tuesday; W = Wednesday; Th = Thursday; F = Friday]
Mar 20 - Apr 7
# Trout
Week 1
Apr 10 - 14
#Trout|Day
Week 2
Apr 17 - 21
#Trout|Day
Week 3
Apr 24 - Apr 28
#Trout|Day
Week 4
May 1 - May 5
#Trout|Day
Week 5
May 8 - 12
#Trout|Day
Week 6
May 15 - 19
#Trout|Day
Week 7
May 22 - 26
#Trout|Day
Total
# Trout
Alexauken Creek 270 0   270 W 0   270 W 0   0   0   810
Alms House Pond 100 100 Th 100 W 100 Th 0   0   0   0   400
Amwell Lake 380 280 Th 280 W 280 W 0   0   0   0   1,220
Andover Jct Brook 160 0   160 M 0   160 Th 0   0   0   480
Assunpink Creek 540 0   220 W 220 W 220 W 220 W 0   0   1,420
Barbour's Pond 420 320 Tu 320 Tu 320 W 0   0   0   0   1,380
Beaver Brook (Hunterdon) 370 0   150 W 0   150 M 0   0   0   670
Beaver Brook (Morris) 340 0   140 W 140 Th 140 W 0   0   0   760
Beaver Brook (Warren) 640 0   260 M 260 Th 260 Th 260 Th 0   0   1,680
Big Flat Brook - Upper (above Steam Mill Bridge) 760 0   310 W 310 W 310 W 310 Th 0   0   2,000
Big Flat Brook - Lower (below Steam Mill Bridge) 9,670 3,910 F 3,470 F 3,470 F 3,470 F 3,470 F 2,170 F 2,170 F 31,800
Birch Grove Park Pond 390 290 W 290 W 290 Tu 0   0   0   0   1,260
Black River 1,950 730 Th 650 Th 650 Th 650 Th 650 Th 410 Th 410 Th 6,100
Blair Creek 440 0   170 Th 0   170 Th 0   0   0   780
Blair Lake 280 210 Th 210 Th 210 Th 0   0   0   0   910
Blue Mountain Lake 320 240 Th 240 Th 240 W 0   0   0   0   1,040
Branch Brook Park Lake 530 400 Tu 400 Tu 400 W 400 Tu 0   0   0   2,130
Brookaloo Swamp 100 0   100 M 0   100 Tu 0   0   0   300
Buckhorn Creek 290 0   290 M 0   290 W 0   0   0   870
Burnham Park Pond 340 250 M 250 Th 250 Th 250 W 0   0   0   1,340
Capoolong Creek 1,220 0   480 W 490 M 490 M 490 W 300 W 0   3,480
Clinton Reservoir 920 0   920 F 0   920 F 0   920 F 0   3,680
Clove Brook 750 0   300 M 300 W 300 M 300 M 190 M 0   2,140
Cohansey River 390 0   160 Th 160 W 160 Th 160 Th 0   0   1,030
Colonial Lake 380 280 Th 280 W 280 W 0   0   0   0   1,220
Columbia Lake 490 370 Th 370 Th 370 Th 0   0   0   0   1,600
Crystal Lake 550 410 Th 410 W 410 F 410 W 0   0   0   2,190
Culvers Lake Brook 310 0   120 W 0   120 M 0   0   0   550
D&R Canal 1,450 0   580 W 580 W 580 W 580 W 0   0   3,770
D&R Feeder Canal 4,180 0   1,670 W 1,670 M 1,670 W 1,670 M 1,050 W 1,050 W 12,960
Dahnert's Lake 250 190 Tu 190 Tu 190 W 190 Tu 0   0   0   1,010
Diamond Mill Pond 310 230 Tu 230 Tu 230 W 0   0   0   0   1,000
Drakes Brook 210 0   100 Th 100 Th 100 W 0   0   0   510
Dry Brook 170 0   100 W 100 Th 100 M 0   0   0   470
Echo Lake 360 270 M 270 M 270 M 0   0   0   0   1,170
Englishtown Mill Pond 430 320 W 320 F 320 Tu 0   0   0   0   1,390
Franklin Lake 360 270 Tu 270 Tu 270 M 0   0   0   0   1,170
Franklin Pond Creek 450 0   180 M 180 M 180 M 180 M 110 M 0   1,280
Furnace Brook 110 0   110 Tu 0   110 W 0   0   0   330
Furnace Lake 540 410 Tu 400 Tu 420 Tu 0   0   0   0   1,770
Garvey's Pond 160 120 W 120 F 120 Tu 0   0   0   0   520
Giampietro Park Pond 420 0   0   0   0   0   0   0   420
Glenwood Brook 130 0   130 M 0   130 W 0   0   0   390
Gloucester City Pond 100 100 W 100 W 100 Tu 100 Th 0   0   0   500
Green Brook 150 0   150 M 150 M 0   0   0   0   450
Green Turtle Pond 480 360 F 360 F 360 F 0   0   0   0   1,560
Greenwich Lake 470 350 Tu 350 Tu 350 Th 0   0   0   0   1,520
Grenloch Lake 370 280 W 280 W 280 Tu 0   0   0   0   1,210
Hackensack River 700 0   280 M 280 W 280 M 280 W 0   0   1,820
Haddon Lake 490 0   0   0   0   0   0   0   490
Hakihohake Creek 490 0   490 F 0   490 F 0   0   0   1,470
Hammonton Lake 560 420 W 420 W 420 Tu 0   0   0   0   1,820
Harrisonville Lake 520 390 Tu 390 Tu 390 Th 0   0   0   0   1,690
Heritage Park Pond 430 320 W 320 W 320 Tu 0   0   0   0   1,390
Hibernia Brook 500 0   200 W 200 Th 200 W 200 M 120 M 0   1,420
Hockhocksen Brook 460 0   180 Tu 180 M 180 Tu 180 M 110 M 0   1,290
Hohokus Brook 420 0   170 Th 170 Th 170 Th 170 Th 0   0   1,100
Holmdel Park Pond 210 160 W 160 F 160 Tu 0   0   0   0   690
Honey Run 220 0   220 M 0   220 Tu 0   0   0   660
Hook's Creek Lake 450 340 Tu 340 Tu 340 M 0   0   0   0   1,470
India Brook 410 0   160 Th 160 Th 160 W 160 W 100 W 0   1,150
Indian Lake 430 320 Tu 320 Tu 320 W 320 Tu 0   0   0   1,710
Iona Lake 430 320 Tu 320 Tu 320 Th 0   0   0   0   1,390
Ireland Brook 100 0   100 Th 100 Th 0   0   0   0   300
Jacksonburg Creek 220 0   220 Th 0   220 Th 0   0   0   660
Lake Aeroflex 590 0   590 M 0   590 Th 0   590 Th 0   2,360
Lake Hopatcong 2,380 2,380 M 2,360 W 2,380 M 0   0   0   0   9,520
Lake Musconetcong 680 510 F 510 F 510 F 0   0   0   0   2,210
Lake Ocquittunk 370 280 Th 280 W 280 W 0   0   0   0   1,210
Lake Papaianni 390 0   0   0   0   0   0   0   390
Lake Shenandoah 530 400 M 400 M 400 M 0   0   0   0   1,730
Lamington River 480 0   190 W 190 W 190 W 190 W 0   0   1,240
Laurel Pond 250 190 W 190 W 190 Tu 0   0   0   0   820
Lawrence Brook 1,210 0   480 Th 480 Th 480 Tu 480 W 0   0   3,130
Little Flat Brook 830 0   330 W 330 W 330 W 330 Th 210 F 0   2,360
Little Swartswood Lake 410 310 Th 310 Th 310 Th 0   0   0   0   1,340
Lockatong Creek 920 0   370 W 370 M 370 W 370 M 230 W 0   2,630
Lopatcong Creek 900 0   360 M 360 Tu 360 W 360 Tu 220 Tu 0   2,560
Lower Echo Park Pond 390 300 W 300 F 300 W 0   0   0   0   1,290
Lubbers Run 560 0   220 F 220 F 220 F 220 F 140 F 0   1,580
Mac's Pond 160 0   0   0   0   0   0   0   160
Manalapan Lake 580 440 W 440 F 440 T 0   0   0   0   1,900
Manasquan River 2,820 1,060 M 940 M 940 M 940 M 940 M 590 M 590 M 8,820
Manny's Pond 280 210 Tu 210 W 210 M 0   0   0   0   910
Mary Elmer Lake 500 370 Th 370 Th 370 W 0   0   0   0   1,610
Maurice River 790 0   320 Th 320 W 320 Th 320 Th 0   0   2,070
Merrill Creek Reservoir 0 4,640 W 0   0   0   0   0   0   4,640
Metedeconk River N/B 930 350 M 310 M 310 M 310 M 310 M 190 M 190 M 2,900
Metedeconk River S/B 1,450 540 M 480 M 480 M 480 M 480 M 300 M 300 M 4,510
Middle Brook 150 0   150 M 0   150 Th 0   0   0   450
Mill Pond 410 310 Th 310 M 310 W 0   0   0   0   1,340
Milton Lake 450 340 W 340 F 340 W 340 F 0   0   0   1,810
Mingamahone Brook 300 0   120 M 120 M 120 M 120 M 100 M 0   880
Mohawk Pond 170 130 W 130 F 130 Tu 130 Tu 0   0   0   690
Mountain Farm Pond 350 260 Tu 260 W 260 M 0   0   0   0   1,130
Mountain Lake 610 0   0   0   0   0   0   0   610
Mt. Hope Pond 410 310 M 310 W 310 M 0   0   0   0   1,340
Mulhockaway Creek 370 0   150 W 150 M 150 M 150 W 100 W 0   1,070
Musconetcong River 16,550 6,210 F 5,520 F 5,520 F 5,520 F 5,520 F 3,450 F 3,450 F 51,740
Musconetcong River YTCA 900 0   0   300 F 0   0   190 F 190 F 1,580
Neldon Brook 190 0   190 Th 0   190 Th 0   0   0   570
Neshanic River 280 0   110 W 0   110 W 0   0   0   500
Nishisakawick Creek 420 0   420 W 420 M 0   0   0   0   1,260
Nomahegan Park Pond 390 0   0   0   0   0   0   0   390
Oak Pond 420 320 W 320 W 320 Tu 0   0   0   0   1,380
Oldham Pond 440 330 Th 330 Tu 330 W 0   0   0   0   1,430
Papakating Creek 260 0   100 M 0   100 M 0   0   0   460
Papakating Creek W/B 240 0   240 M 240 W 0   0   0   0   720
Pascack Creek 620 0   250 M 250 W 250 M 250 W 0   0   1,620
Passaic River 2,710 0   1,080 M 1,080 M 1,080 Th 1,080 Tu 0   0   7,030
Paulins Kill 9,770 3,660 Th 3,250 Th 3,250 Th 3,250 Th 3,250 Th 2,040 Th 2,040 Th 30,510
Peapack Brook 500 0   200 W 200 W 200 W 200 W 120 W 0   1,420
Pemberton Lake 470 350 Th 350 W 350 F 0   0   0   0   1,520
Pequannock River 1,960 0   780 Tu 780 F 780 Tu 780 Tu 490 W 490 F 6,060
Pequannock River STCA 230 0   100 Tu 100 F 100 Tu 100 Tu 100 W 100 F 830
Pequest River 8,030 3,010 F 2,680 F 2,680 F 2,680 F 2,680 F 1,680 F 1,670 F 25,100
Pequest River STCA 1,200 450 F 400 F 400 F 400 F 400 F 250 F 250 F 3,750
Pohatcong Creek (above Rt. 31) 360 0   150 Tu 0   150 Tu 0   0   0   660
Pohatcong Creek (below Rt. 31) 5,940 2,230 Tu 1,970 Tu 1,980 Tu 1,980 Tu 1,980 Tu 1,230 Tu 1,230 Tu 18,550
Pohatcong Lake 620 460 W 460 F 460 F 460 M 0   0   0   2,460
Pompton River 1,900 0   760 Tu 760 F 760 Tu 760 Tu 0   0   4,940
Pond Brook 110 0   100 Th 100 Th 100 Tu 100 Th 100 Th 0   610
Ponderlodge Pond 480 360 Th 360 Th 360 W 360 Th 0   0   0   1,920
Pophandusing Creek 190 0   190 M 0   190 W 0   0   0   570
Potash Lake 470 350 Th 350 Th 350 Th 0   0   0   0   1,520
Prospertown Lake 360 270 M 270 M 270 M 0   0   0   0   1,170
Rahway River 2,410 0   960 F 960 W 960 F 960 F 0   0   6,250
Rahway River W/B 100 0   100 Tu 100 W 100 F 0   0   0   400
Ramapo River 5,250 1,970 Th 1,750 Th 1,750 Th 1,750 Th 1,750 Th 1,090 Th 1,090 Th 16,400
Rancocas Creek SW/B 430 0   170 W 170 F 170 W 170 Th 0   0   1,110
Raritan River 1,270 0   510 W 510 W 510 W 510 W 0   0   3,310
Raritan River N/B 5,530 2,070 W 1,840 W 1,840 W 1,840 W 1,840 W 1,150 W 1,150 W 17,260
Raritan River S/B 13,490 5,250 Tu 4,670 Tu 4,670 Tu 4,670 Tu 4,670 Tu 2,920 Tu 2,920 Tu 43,260
Raritan River S/B Ken Lockwood Gorge 1,870 0   0   620 Tu 0   0   390 Tu 390 Tu 3,270
Ringwood Brook 330 0   130 F 130 F 130 F 130 F 100 W 0   950
Rock Brook 370 0   0   370 W 0   0   0   0   740
Rockaway Creek 140 0   100 W 100 M 100 M 100 W 0   0   540
Rockaway Creek S/B 250 0   100 W 100 M 100 M 100 W 100 W 0   750
Rockaway River 7,430 2,790 M 2,480 M 2,480 M 2,480 M 2,480 M 1,550 M 1,550 M 23,240
Roosevelt Park Pond 410 310 Tu 310 Th 310 Th 0   0   0   0   1,340
Rosedale Lake 470 350 Th 350 W 350 W 0   0   0   0   1,520
Round Valley Reservoir 0 6,620 M 0   0   0   0   0   0   6,620
Rowands Pond 230 170 W 170 W 170 Tu 0   0   0   0   740
Russia Brook 100 0   100 M 0   100 M 0   0   0   300
Saddle River (above Allendale Rd.) 390 0   150 M 150 W 150 M 150 W 100 Th 0   1,090
Saddle River (below Allendale Rd.) 1,060 0   420 M 420 W 420 M 420 W 0   0   2,740
Saw Mill Pond 420 320 Th 320 W 320 W 0   0   0   0   1,380
Schadler's Sand Wash Pond 390 290 Tu 290 Tu 290 Th 0   0   0   0   1,260
Seeley's Pond 230 170 W 170 M 170 M 0   0   0   0   740
Shark River 650 0   260 Tu 260 M 260 Tu 260 M 160 M 0   1,850
Shaws Mill Pond 520 390 Th 390 Th 390 W 0   0   0   0   1,690
Shepherd Lake 560 0   560 F 0   560 F 0   560 W 0   2,240
Silver Lake 430 0   0   0   0   0   0   0   430
South Vineland Park Pond 450 340 Th 340 Th 340 W 0   0   0   0   1,470
Speedwell Lake 520 390 M 390 Th 390 Th 390 W 0   0   0   2,080
Spooky Brook Park Pond 370 0   0   0   0   0   0   0   370
Spring Lake 440 330 W 330 Tu 330 Tu 0   0   0   0   1,430
Spruce Run Creek 1,100 0   440 W 440 M 440 M 440 W 270 W 0   3,130
Stony Brook 1,130 0   450 W 450 W 450 W 450 W 0   0   2,930
Stony Lake Suspended From 2017 Trout Spring Stocking Program
Swartswood Lake 910 680 Th 680 Th 680 Th 0   0   0   0   2,950
Swedesboro Lake 510 380 Tu 380 Tu 380 Th 0   0   0   0   1,650
Sydney Brook 120 0   0   120 M 0   0   0   0   240
Sylvan Lake 420 320 Th 320 W 320 F 0   0   0   0   1,380
Tenakill Creek 310 0   120 M 120 W 120 M 0   0   0   670
Toms River 1,530 570 M 510 M 510 M 510 M 510 M 320 M 320 M 4,780
Toms River YTCA 610 0   0   200 M 0   0   130 M 130 M 1,070
Topenemus Lake 430 320 W 320 F 320 Tu 0   0   0   0   1,390
Trout Brook (Middleville) 100 0   100 Th 0   100 Th 0   0   0   300
Tuckahoe Lake 540 400 Th 400 Th 400 W 400 Th 0   0   0   2,140
Verona Park Lake 470 350 Tu 350 Tu 350 W 350 Tu 0   0   0   1,870
Wallkill River 2,820 1,060 M 940 M 940 M 940 M 940 M 580 M 580 M 8,800
Wanaque River - Upper 1,300 490 F 430 F 430 F 430 F 430 F 270 F 270 F 4,050
Wanaque River - Lower 650 260 F 260 F 260 F 260 F 260 F 160 F 160 F 2,300
Warinanco Park Pond 440 0   0   0   0   0   0   0   440
Wawayanda Creek 460 0   190 M 190 M 190 W 190 M 120 F 0   1,340
Wawayanda Lake 750 0   750 M 0   750 W 0   750 F 0   3,000
West Hudson County Pk. Pond 340 0   0   0   0   0   0   0   340
Westville Pond 170 0   0   0   0   0   0   0   170
Whippany River (above Whitehead Rd.) 240 0   240 Th 0   240 W 0   0   0   720
Whippany River (below Whitehead Rd.) 490 0   490 Th 490 Th 0   0   0   0   1,470
White Lake 280 0   280 Th 0   280 Tu 0   280 Th 0   1,120
Whites Pond 430 320 Th 320 Th 320 Th 320 Th 0   0   0   1,710
Wichecheoke Creek 290 0   290 W 290 M 0   0   0   0   870
Woodcliff Lake Suspended From 2017 Trout Spring Stocking Program
Yellow Brook 120 0   120 Tu 120 M 0   0   0   0   360
Totals 183,460 71,920   80,660   75,410   59,640   47,410   28,790   22,690   569,980

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