Pequest Open House And Sportsman’s Flea Market March 29-30, 2014 Open 10 am - 4 pm daily Celebrating 31 years of trout production! Visit our website at for information. Our main entrance is located on Route 46 in Oxford, NJ - 9 miles west of Hackettstown in scenic Warren County. For GPS directions, our address is 605 Pequest Rd., Oxford, NJ. www.njfishandwildlife.com The History of the Pequest Trout Hatchery The Pequest Trout Hatchery is NJ’s premier trout production facility. Located in the Pequest Valley, it sits above an aquifer of cold, clean water making it the perfect site for raising trout. Construction on the hatchery began in 1980 and was completed in 1982. More than one million brook, brown and rainbow trout eggs from hatcheries in West Virginia and Massachusetts were originally used to get things started. Fish were hand-selected to serve as broodstock, and this process still continues today. In the fall, eggs from adult trout are fertilized and placed in incubators where they remain until they hatch. Upon hatching, the sac-fry are moved from the incubators to tanks in the nursery building where they remain for three months. After that, the fingerlings are then moved outside to the raceways where they remain for another year. By mid-March the hatchery trucks are busy stocking more than 600,000 trout in over 200 lakes, streams, and rivers statewide. Pequest also provides anglers with fall and winter stocking programs, as well as a sea run brown trout program. Things to Do At the Event Kids’ Trout Fishing (ages 8-16) in our Fishing Education Pond - all equipment provided - register the day of the event Kiddie Trout Tank (ages 4-8) - equipment provided Fisheries and wildlife management demonstrations and exhibits Fly tying demonstrations Giant mobile aquarium Wildlife artists, taxidermists and carvers Kids crafts and hands-on activities Fishing and wildlife guides and outfitters Displays and demonstrations by conservation groups Beginners archery range (ages 10 and up) - all equipment provided Shotgun and archery hunter education classes - must register online to participate And more!
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Pequest Open HouseAnd
Sportsman’s Flea MarketMarch 29-30, 2014
Open 10 am - 4 pm daily
Celebrating 31 years of trout production!
Visit our website at for information.Our main entrance is located on Route 46 in Oxford, NJ - 9 miles
west of Hackettstown in scenic Warren County. For GPS directions,our address is 605 Pequest Rd., Oxford, NJ.
www.njfishandwildlife.com
The History of the
Pequest Trout Hatchery
The Pequest Trout Hatchery is NJ’s premiertrout production facility. Located in thePequest Valley, it sits above an aquifer ofcold, clean water making it the perfect sitefor raising trout.
Construction on the hatchery began in1980 and was completed in 1982.
More than one million brook, brownand rainbow trout eggs from
hatcheries in West Virginia andMassachusetts were originallyused to get things started. Fishwere hand-selected to serve
as broodstock, and this processstill continues today.
In the fall, eggs from adult trout arefertilized and placed in incubators where theyremain until they hatch. Upon hatching, thesac-fry are moved from the incubators totanks in the nursery building where theyremain for three months. After that, thefingerlings are then moved outside to theraceways where they remain for anotheryear.
By mid-March the hatchery trucks are busystocking more than 600,000 trout in over 200lakes, streams, and rivers statewide.Pequest also provides anglers with fall andwinter stocking programs, as well as a searun brown trout program.
Things to Do
At the Event
Kids’ Trout Fishing (ages 8-16) in ourFishing Education Pond - all equipmentprovided - register the day of the event
Kiddie Trout Tank (ages 4-8) - equipmentprovided
Fisheries and wildlife managementdemonstrations and exhibits
Fly tying demonstrations
Giant mobile aquarium
Wildlife artists, taxidermists and carvers
Kids crafts and hands-on activities
Fishing and wildlife guides and outfitters
Displays and demonstrations byconservation groups
Beginners archery range (ages 10 and up)- all equipment provided
Shotgun and archery hunter educationclasses - must register online to participate
And more!
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