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Fish Distributed from Hackettstown State Fish Hatchery in 1999


SPECIES NUMBER AVERAGE LENGTH (inches) RANGE (inches)
Black Crappie 440 7.3 5.0 – 8.6
Bluegill Sunfish      
Fingerlings 25,350 1.5 .0 – 2.0
Adults 9,600 5.6 4.0 – 7.8
Channel Catfish      
Fry 401,325 -- --
Fingerlings 67,483 2.5 1.6 – 5.2
Adv. Fingerlings 47,413 5.8 4.8 – 7.1
Adults 100 26 18.0 – 34.0
Fathead Minnows 59,750 1.0 .5 – 2.0
Lake Trout 3,156 6.7 5.5 – 7.7
Largemouth Bass 9,150 2.1 1.4 – 2.7
Mosquitofish 117,985 -- --
Muskellunge      
Fry 108,320 -- --
Fingerlings 2,328 3.2 2.6 – 3.7
Adv. Fingerlings 5,521 9.8 6.8 – 13.4
Northern Pike      
Fry 284,235 -- --
Fingerlings 36,480 4.2 2.5 – 5.8
Smallmouth Bass      
Fingerlings 43,885 1.5 1.3 – 1.6
Adv. Fingerlings 210 5.0 4.0 – 6.0
Adults 100 14.0 12.0 – 18.0
Striped Bass, Hybrid 24,910 3.2 2.0 – 4.0
Tiger Muskies      
Fry 189,260 -- --
Fingerlings 12,400 2.0 1.5 – 3.2
Adv. Fingerlings 9,893 8.3 5.0 – 11.5
Walleye      
Fingerlings 133,233 1.7 1.4 – 2.9
Adv. Fingerlings 32,730 4.1 2.5 – 9.9
TOTAL 1,625,247    

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