Stocking Trout in Pennsylvania 2024! 

Look for my next video publishing shortly! I got to float stock this week it wa sa blast!

Sounds like an awesome plan! Im a catch and releaser as well. I gotta try those stripers!

Beltzville Lake

I hate them birds they are poachers lol

We have the blue heron here they are definitely a nuisance bird.

If you check out some of my other videos, you will see I'm actually doing mostly catch and release of wild brown trout, less of the stocked fish. I am not sure if you have those type of streams in RI. They are beautiful fish.

Hey just did that today on a different creek! Video to follow shortly.

Thanks! I'm just a retired engineer and volunteer but having a lot of fun with it!

Good question! I have been watching the fish post-stocking. I have not observed any issues to date. The WCO had me check water temperature prior to putting them in (49F). Its seems the main issue is oxygen deprivation. We are instructed to put them in within two minutes of leaving the truck. I have also observed that after float stocking the trout come up to the surface to "gulp" air.

The fish need a shock to get them swimming and get water flowing into the gills. They do stockings from helicopters and have no issues.

Thanks! Its a fun group of folks to work with, its a good time!

Good luck!

That's my thought as well! I've been enjoying the heck of stocking, maybe more fun than catching.

I’ve done it a few times. It’s fun & you know about where the fish will be.

Several in Berks County. Wyomissing Furnace Spring. We have at least a dozen here in the area like these ones.

Hi Rich definitely it would be best to spread them out but it’s a function of the number of volunteers to bucket them in. In this case there was only a few of us. The other issue in this case was the broken down truck which delayed getting the trout in the water. So the trout were getting stressed by the decreasing oxygen in the tanks, the thought was to get them out as quickly as possible.

@@yinzerfishing got ya our stock date isn't until April 1 we put a lot of Golden rainbow in

@@richgillingham8314 nice! Definitely recommend helping out its a great time and you are doing good! Hope you get to help!

that dude driving the truck gets a pension for life .. someone has to pay for it 😂

Yeah I hear you, idk I get a lot of use out of my license though, also we piss away so much tax money here in PA on stupid stuff, I'm figuring this is one of the better things money gets spent on.

I’d like them to charge $100. Sooo many trout die because people don’t know how to catch and release them

That would be brook trout, and it’s a good question!

I watched a video or two on you tube that had them doing brookies as well. Guess they don't do as many figuring creeks already have a native population? No idea