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2014
Program
Adult Trout
Adult Trout
Stocking
Stocking

photo-Jeff Decker

Program
Changes

by Tom Greene
In 2014, as in previous years, the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat
Commission (PFBC) will stock approximately 3.2 million
adult trout in the waters of the Commonwealth open to public
angling. This figure is based on trout produced at PFBC
hatcheries. As with past practice, the average size of the trout
produced for stocking will be 11 inches in length.
Changes for the 2014 season include new waters, stocking
extensions on waters as a result of classification upgrades, waters
restored to the stocking program and the removal of waters from
the stocking program.

New waters, stocking extensions and
waters restored to the stocking program

Bennett Branch Sinnemahoning Creek, Elk County
Adult trout stocking will be initiated on a 4.55-mile section of
stream located near Benezette. The stocking limits will extend
from the Jay/Benezette Township boundary downstream to 330
yards downstream of the T-434 Station Road Bridge. Rainbow
Trout and Brown Trout will be stocked during the preseason
stocking period.

Jones Mill Run, Somerset County
An extension in the length of stream receiving trout
stocking will lead to an increase in the number of trout
allocated to a 4.8 mile-section of stream extending from
the first bridge downstream of Becks Spring downstream
to the backwaters of Laurel Hill Lake. Brook Trout will be
stocked during the preseason distribution period, and Brook
Trout and Brown Trout will be stocked during the inseason
stocking period.
Lake Took A While, Luzerne County
A classification change based on an increase in human
population density will lead to an increase in the number
of trout allocated to this 24-acre impoundment. Rainbow
Trout will be stocked during the preseason, inseason and fall
stocking periods.
Lake Winola, Wyoming County
A classification change based on an increase in human
population density will lead to an increase in the number of
trout allocated to this 198-acre lake. Rainbow Trout will be
stocked during the preseason and inseason stocking periods.

Canoe Creek Lake, Blair County
A classification change based on an increase in human
population density will lead to an increase in the number of
trout allocated to this 155-acre impoundment. Rainbow Trout
will be stocked during the preseason, inseason and winter
stocking periods.

Laurel Hill Lake, Somerset County
A classification change based on an increase in human
population density will lead to an increase in the number
of trout allocated to this 63-acre impoundment. Rainbow
Trout will be stocked during the preseason, inseason and fall
stocking periods.

Cloe Lake, Jefferson County
A classification change based on an increase in human
population density will lead to an increase in the number of
trout allocated to this 25.5-acre impoundment. Rainbow Trout
will be stocked during the preseason, inseason and winter
stocking periods.

Laurel Run Reservoir, Elk County
A classification change based on an increase in human
population density will lead to an increase in the number of
trout allocated to this 92-acre reservoir. Brook Trout will be
stocked during the preseason distribution period, and Brook
Trout and Brown Trout will be stocked during the inseason
and fall stocking periods.

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