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The annual kickoff to trout season is Saturday morning.
Starting at 8 a.m., anglers from all over the county and other portions of the state will be hitting the waterways to reel in the biggest trout they can.
Each year, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) stocks 3.15 million trout in the waterways throughout the state.
“The opening day of trout season is always a big event that anglers and their friends and families look forward to each year,” said PFBC Executive Director John Arway. “It’s a way to kick off spring and start another season of fishing and creating memories.”
Bucks County joins 17 other counties across the state who open trout season on April 1. The other counties are Adams, Berks, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Franklin, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, Perry, Philadelphia, Schuylkill, and York.
The statewide opening of trout season is set for April 15.
A fleet of state stocking trucks has been at work since late February stocking brook, brown and rainbow trout. There are also going to be about 9,000 golden rainbow trout, which are bigger than their vanilla relatives, officials said.
Anglers can find stocked waters at the fish and boat commission’s website. Anglers can also download the commission’s free app to find stocked waters.
More than 850,000 anglers buy trout licenses annually.
