Trout Stocking in Delaware

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Trout Stocking in Delaware

• by
• Roy Miller
• Delaware Division of Fish Wildlife
• 9/28/02

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Delaware trout streams New Castle County
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Delaware Trout Stamp Art
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White Clay Creek fly fishing
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Christina Creek
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Upper Christina Creek
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Mill Creek
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Pike Creek
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Beaver Run
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Wilson Run
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Private trout hauler at Delaware stocking site
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Trophy trout stocking
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Float box stocking
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Stream Stocking Rates Costs

• White Clay Creek in 2002
• 4.03 miles of fishable water in designated trout
  stretch
• Avg. width 65 ft.
• 31.75 acres
• Rate 600 trout/acre, or 4,729/mile
• 9,550 lbs 11 rainbow, 1.70/lb
• 700 lbs trophy rainbow, 2.30/lb
• 1,000 lbs 11 brown, 2.40/lb
• Total 20, 245

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Pond Stocking Rates

• Kent County Sussex Counties
• Stocked only in March
• 2-2 acre ponds
• 903 trout (includes 8 trophy size)/pond 451/acre

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Pond trout fishing
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Opening day on White Clay Creek
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Desired result of stocking
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Results of 1993 Creel Survey
Stream Miles Number Stocked Number Stocked Effort (hrs) Percent Harvest Percent Harvest
White Clay 4.5 18,350 24,810 83
Christina 0.8 3,155 5802 61
Mill 0.9 310 853 72
Pike 0.8 510 1,387 120
Beaver Run 0.4 1,215 990 29
Wilson Run 0.7 3,360 3,730 48
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Red Clay Creek
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Holdover trout from Red Clay Creek
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Handicapped youth fishing day