Trout season in Pennsylvania opens statewide April 1, following a Mentored Youth Trout Day March 25.
As it has done through the past decade, the state Fish and Boat Commission plans to stock approximately 3.2 million adult trout in 697 streams and rivers and 126 lakes and ponds open to public angling. Cooperative nurseries operated by sportsmen's clubs and other groups, which raise trout from roe provided by Fish and Boat, are expected to add another 1 million stocked trout to Pennsylvania waters in 2023.
Fish and Boat says it will stock about 2.3 million rainbow trout, 707,000 browns and 168,000 brook trout. The average size of the fish at the time of stocking will be 11 inches with an average weight of 0.58 pounds.
