Tom Hucheson, with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, waits for another load of trout to be released into the Harbar Acres Lake in Washington Township on Tuesday morning, Feb. 20. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle
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More than 3.2 million trout will be funneled into hundreds of lakes and streams throughout Pennsylvania in preparation for the spring trout season.
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission began stocking rainbow trout, golden rainbow trout, brown trout and brook trout Tuesday, Feb. 20. With stocking underway, all stocked trout waters statewide are now closed to fishing until the opening day of Trout Season, which begins at 8 a.m. on April 6, with the exception of Mentored Youth Trout Day on March 30.
There are some waters that will be stocked with trout that you can go fishing in now. Among these waters are 24 stream sections in the Keystone Select Stocked Trout Waters program.
For more information including trout stocking schedules, regulations or to buy a fishing license, visit Fishandboat.com.
Trout stockers had to put trout into Harbar Acres Lake by hand Tuesday morning, Feb. 20, because the lake was iced over. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle
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Viola Meier, 8, of Harrisville, daughter of Boyers Sportmen’s Club member Daniel Meier, watches and learns the process of stocking trout from state Fish and Boat Commission worker Harvey Bumbarger on Tuesday, Feb. 20, at the club in Butler County. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle
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A truck full of trout was released into Harbar Acres Lake in Washington Township on Tuesday, Feb. 20. Ed Thompson/Butler 02/20/2024
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The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission released trout into Harbar Acres Lake in Washington Township on Tuesday, Feb. 20. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle
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Local stocker Gene Nini, of Butler, connects two bins of trout together Tuesday, Feb. 20, at Harbar Acres Lake in Washington Township. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle
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Gene Nini, of Butler, gets a barrel of trout ready for release Tuesday, Feb. 20, at the Boyers Sportsmen’s Association on Boyers Road. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle
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Fish and Boat Commission truck driver Harvey Bumbarger gets a bin of trout ready for release Tuesday morning, Feb. 20, at the Boyer Sportsman Club. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle
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Fish and Boat Commission waterways conservation officer Luke Walter, left, and Tom Hutchison plan for the arrival of a truck full of trout Tuesday morning, Feb. 20, at Harbar Acre Lake just off Calico Road in Washington Township. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle
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Officer Luke Walter, a conservation officer with the Fish and Boat Commission, said it's a challenge to stock trout when a lake is frozen over. One of the fish jumped and landed on top of the ice Tuesday at Harbar Acres Lake in Washington Township. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle
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