{"id":30246,"date":"2020-03-10T09:17:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T13:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=30246"},"modified":"2020-03-10T09:17:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T13:17:51","slug":"spring-trout-stocking-season-begins-in-maryland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2020\/03\/10\/spring-trout-stocking-season-begins-in-maryland\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Trout Stocking Season Begins in Maryland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hatcheries Providing 300,000 Fish Across State<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright \" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/1788\/28368733407_d2ab0193ee.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of trout in stream\" width=\"356\" height=\"238\" \/>With spring right around the corner, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources is set to release hundreds of thousands of brown, golden, and rainbow trout across the state for its annual spring <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/fisheries\/Pages\/trout\/stocking.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">trout stocking<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Crews will stock more than 300,000 trout in lakes, rivers, and streams in 18 Maryland counties and more than 130 locations from March through early June.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The department raises the majority of these trout in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/fisheries\/Pages\/hatcheries\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">state\u2019s hatcheries<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, including the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/fisheries\/Pages\/hatcheries\/powell.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Albert M. Powell Hatchery<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/fisheries\/Pages\/hatcheries\/bear.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bear Creek Hatchery<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and through a partnership with the privately owned <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/fisheries\/Pages\/hatcheries\/Mettiki.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mettiki Hatchery<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In recent years, Maryland\u2019s exceptional trout fishery has gained national and statewide attention from avid trout anglers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe are committed to providing the best possible trout fishery,\u201d Coldwater Program Manager Marshall Brown said. \u201cWe take pride in our work, and our dedicated staff want to create a unique and memorable fishing experience for all anglers.\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trout production and stocking is funded by revenue from fishing licenses, trout stamps, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Sport Fish Restoration Program.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anglers should consult the 2020 Maryland Guide to Fishing and Crabbing for specific details on daily creel limits and other important information. The department\u2019s<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/fisheries\/Pages\/trout\/stocking.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> trout stocking website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, social media platform, and electronic newsletters provide updated information on which locations are being stocked. In addition, anglers may call our stocking hotline for a weekly summary at 800-688-3467.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hatcheries Providing 300,000 Fish Across State With spring right around the corner, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources is set to release hundreds of thousands of brown, golden, and rainbow trout across the state for its annual spring trout stocking. Crews will stock more than 300,000 trout in lakes, rivers, and streams in 18 Maryland<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2020\/03\/10\/spring-trout-stocking-season-begins-in-maryland\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,11],"tags":[3067,3116,5044,3117,3114,4375,4551],"class_list":["post-30246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-fisheries","tag-albert-m-powell-state-fish-hatchery","tag-bear-creek-hatchery","tag-fishing","tag-mettiki-hatchery","tag-trout","tag-trout-stocking","tag-u-s-fish-and-wildlife-service-sport-fish-restoration-program"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30246"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30248,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30246\/revisions\/30248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}