{"id":38017,"date":"2022-12-14T14:20:37","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T19:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=38017"},"modified":"2022-12-14T14:20:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T19:20:37","slug":"winter-trout-stocking-begins-in-maryland-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2022\/12\/14\/winter-trout-stocking-begins-in-maryland-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Trout Stocking Begins in Maryland Waters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2018Preseason\u2019 Stocking to Make Room at Hatcheries<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 382px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7834\/46302804804_4e55bf15f1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of man throwing trout from a bucket into a stream\" width=\"372\" height=\"209\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources photo<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has begun stocking more than 300,000 trout in Maryland waters. This<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> early \u201cpreseason\u201d stocking of a few fish in impoundments will be done to reduce density at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/fisheries\/pages\/hatcheries\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DNR\u2019s hatcheries<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and create available space outdoors for young trout to grow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The annual stocking program will be completed in three bursts \u2013 preseason from now through February 2023, and then two rounds of spring stocking, March 6\u201324. and April 3\u201328. All stocked locations that fall under a closure period will be announced prior to opening day on March 25, 2023.\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/fisheries\/Pages\/trout\/stocking.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/fisheries\/pages\/email.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">email bulletin<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MarylandDNRFisheries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">social media<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> updates will be provided for all open locations once stocking is complete. Anglers may also call 800-688-3467, and press option #1 to get a recorded weekly update (usually updated on Fridays) when stocking is in process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trout anglers are reminded that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/fisheries\/Pages\/regulations\/changes.aspx#brookie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">regulations for brook trout<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> are now in effect requiring catch-and-release in all put-and-take trout areas and all waters east of Interstate 81. Anglers should take time to properly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/fisheries\/Pages\/Fish-Facts.aspx?fishname=Brook%20Trout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">identify brook trout<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2014 which are not stocked by the department \u2014 when fishing in catch-and-release waters.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Preseason\u2019 Stocking to Make Room at Hatcheries The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has begun stocking more than 300,000 trout in Maryland waters. This early \u201cpreseason\u201d stocking of a few fish in impoundments will be done to reduce density at DNR\u2019s hatcheries and create available space outdoors for young trout to grow. The annual<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2022\/12\/14\/winter-trout-stocking-begins-in-maryland-waters\/\">&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],"tags":[4712,5044,3114,4375],"class_list":["post-38017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","tag-brook-trout","tag-fishing","tag-trout","tag-trout-stocking"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38017","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=38017"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38023,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38017\/revisions\/38023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}