News from the Shores of the Chesapeake Bay
Designated Trout Streams to be Closed to All Fishing from March 23 Until Season Openers Delaware’s 2024 upstate stream trout season will open for youth anglers under age 16 at 7 a.m. on Saturday, April 6, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced. The next day, Sunday, April 7, marks the traditional opening […]
Continue ReadingDelaware’s trout streams in New Castle County will be stocked with both rainbow and brown trout (as above) by DNREC’s Division of Fish and Wildlife over the next two weeks for the April 1, 2023 Youth-Only Opening Day of trout fishing season to be followed by the traditional trout opener the next day. Designated Trout […]
Continue ReadingStocked Ponds Will be Closed to All Fishing from Saturday, Feb. 18 through Friday, March 3 Delaware’s 2023 downstate pond trout season will open for youth anglers under age 16 only at 7 a.m. on Saturday, March 4, followed by the opening of the regular trout season for all anglers a half-hour before sunrise on Sunday, March 5, […]
Continue ReadingDesignated Trout Streams Closed to All Fishing Saturday, March 19 through Friday, April 1 Delaware’s 2022 upstate stream trout season will open for youth anglers only under age 16 at 7 a.m. on Saturday, April 2, followed by the opening of the regular trout season for all anglers at 7 a.m. the next day, Sunday, April 3, […]
Continue ReadingStocked Ponds Closed to All Fishing from Saturday, Feb. 19 through Friday, March 4 To improve trout fishing for the season openers, Tidbury and Newton Pond will be closed to all fishing from Saturday, February 19 through Friday, March 4, 2022 to accommodate trout stocking, eliminate incidental hooking of stocked trout and allow them time […]
Continue ReadingDOVER, Del. – Take advantage of the early opening of the upstate trout season for adult anglers on Tuesday, March 31 to help minimize crowds and accommodate responsible outdoor recreation during the current coronavirus (COVID-19) period. Anglers are reminded to practice safe social distancing – a minimum of six feet, or about the length of […]
Continue ReadingAnglers encouraged to practice responsible social distancing; trout streams closed March 21 until opening DOVER, Del. –The opening day for Delaware’s spring 2020 upstate stream trout season has been changed to minimize crowds and accommodate responsible outdoor recreation during the current coronavirus (COVID-19) period. Trout season will open several days earlier than planned in seven […]
Continue ReadingDOVER, DE – DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced today that Delaware’s spring upstate trout season will open at 7 a.m. Saturday, April 6, 2019 which is 30 minutes earlier than previous seasons. Following the 7 a.m. start on opening day, trout fishing in these New Castle County streams is permitted one half-hour before […]
Continue ReadingDelaware’s spring upstate trout season will open at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, April 7, 2018 DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife has announced. Portions of seven designated trout streams in northern New Castle County – White Clay Creek, Red Clay Creek, Christina Creek, Pike Creek, Beaver Run, Wilson Run and Mill Creek – will be stocked […]
Continue ReadingThe Maryland Department of Natural Resources anticipates releasing more than 300,000 brown, golden and rainbow trout in lakes, rivers and streams over the next few months, as 2018 is shaping up to be an exciting year for trout fishing in Maryland. The department’s hatchery team began preseason trout stocking late last year and will begin […]
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