Stocking Reports

[petegas]

the F&G is supposed to send out a report today of their stocking activities the past week or two.....any news?

[MJ]

On the Home Page of this site is a link to the NHF&G Stocking Report. As of a few minutes ago they (the NHF&G) had not as yet posted.

[Gerry]

I am pretty sure that last year they updated that page on Fridays.
tight lines,
Gerry

[Gerry]

But the first one for this year was updated today.

[petegas]

thanks, gerry

[petegas]

Here's some of the info from the release:

Fish stocking started last week and the trucks are rollin' out!

Last week's stocking locations (April 4 - 8) -- by county and town:
CHESHIRE, CHESTERFIELD, SPOFFORD LAKE
CHESHIRE, JAFFREY, GILMORE POND
CHESHIRE, SWANZEY, CALIFORNIA BROOK
CHESHIRE, TROY, SHAKER BROOK
HILLSBOROUGH, BENNINGTON, WHITTEMORE LAKE
HILLSBOROUGH, BROOKLINE, NISSITISSIT RIVER
HILLSBOROUGH, BROOKLINE, SPAULDING BROOK
HILLSBOROUGH, GREENVILLE-AMHERST, SOUHEGAN RIVER
HILLSBOROUGH, HANCOCK, HUNTS POND
HILLSBOROUGH, LYNDEBOROUGH-WILTON, STONEY BROOK
HILLSBOROUGH, MERRIMACK, BABOOSIC BROOK
HILLSBOROUGH, MERRIMACK, SOUHEGAN RIVER
HILLSBOROUGH, MILFORD, SOUHEGAN RIVER
HILLSBOROUGH, NEW BOSTON, PISCATAQUOG RIVER, SOUTH BRANCH
HILLSBOROUGH, PETERBOROUGH, OTTER BROOK
HILLSBOROUGH, WILTON, SOUHEGAN RIVER

The trout stocking trucks started to roll out of Milford and Powder
Mill hatcheries a week and a half ago now.

Our MASTER PLAN for the season is to stock designated numbers of
catchable-size trout (below) into selected waters managed for trout using
hatchery-raised fish. (Surplus fish, not included in the table, are
stocked according to the best professional judgment of regional biologists.)
The target calls for 869,815 of these "put-and-take" fish.

Streams Ponds Total
Eastern brook trout ------- ------- -------
Yearlings 255,140 189,935 445,075
2 year olds 5,740 9,850 15,590
3+ year olds 630 1,130 1,760
Rainbow trout yearlings 111,735 166,155 277,890
Brown trout yearlings 89,240 40,260 129,500
Tiger trout 5,000 5,000


Fifty-three percent of the trout will be released into rivers and
streams. Forty-seven percent will be released into lakes and ponds. There
are usually surplus fish, because fish culturists want to make sure we
err on the positive side, rather than be short of the production target,
and because we have brood fish populations we manage for Eastern brook
trout and brown trout egg needs. Rainbow trout eggs are imported. Brood
fish become surplus to our needs when they have passed their prime age
for eggs, or sperm: females usually after their second or third
spawning, and males after their first spawning, to conserve on space. We use
cross-generational paired mating (younger males and older females).
Other, smaller fish are stocked, too, and allowed to grow to catchable size
in New Hampshire's waterbodies.

The fish are not fed prior to being transported to keep them from
getting "car-sick" -- they travel better when they have not been fed.

[fessiewig]

I just checked, all the above info is available by using the the "Stocking Info" link under State on the bottom left of the Home page.