R Hatchery vs. Wild Brook Trout Raising the Brook Trout in our aquarium was comparable to raising trout in a hatchery.Here are some differences between hatchery raised trout and wild trout: Timeline differences: 1st born- When the baby fish are just ejected out of the mother’s body they are eggs. The eggs get bigger, and then hatch. After they are called sac fries. This is because they have little sacs under their fish body. The fish gets bigger then loses it sack. After about 3 months it looks like a regular fish, except its very small. It takes 12-14 months to grow to a catchable size.
Survival rates:20% of all fish that are hatched, live Food: ·At a small age brook trout eat small aquatic insects that they can find in the wild.
·A adult brook trout has a wide ranged diet including blackflies, and micros.luding mayflies, salamanders, caddisflies, midges
What they need to live: Brook Trout need a healthy habitat to survive. They need cold water that is 50 F (10-1 C), and clean water that is not chlorated and sedimenteded. The ph has to be 7 and the water has to be oxygenated. With oxygenated water you need a high level of dissolved oxygen (above 7 ppm). Food is very important. Brook trout eat a variety of different things like other fish, insects, macro-invertebrates, and more. The last thing is shelter. Gravel substance, boulders/woody debris, and shallow pools with vegetation is what makes up a good shelter for a brook trout.
Other differences: The two main differences between wildbrook trout and hatchery brook trout are… Hatcherytroutsheadsaresmallerthanwild brook trout. The colorofthereheadsarealso differentis wildtroutshowa darkercheekthanhatcherytroutdo.
Stocked river names for Jefferson and Clearfield county
Jefferson
Big Run
Callen Run
Canoe Creek
Cathers Run
Clear Creek
Clear Run
Cloe Lake
East Branch Mahoning Creek
Fivemile Run
Laurel Run
Little Sandy Creek
Little Toby Creek
Mill Creek - Trib To Clarion River
Mill Creek - Trib To Sandy Lick Creek
North Fork Redbank Creek
Pekin Run
Rattlesnake Creek
Rattlesnake Run
Redbank Creek
Sandy Lick Creek
Walburn Run
Wolf Run
Clearfield
Anderson Creek
Beaver Run
Bennett Branch Sinnemahoning Creek
Chest Creek
East Branch Mahoning Creek
Gazzam Run
Goss Run Dam
Hockenberry Run
Jack Dent Branch
Jamesville Dam
Juniata Lake-Tannery Dam
LaBorde Branch
Laurel Run
Little Clearfield Creek
Medix Run
Moose Creek
North Witmer Run
Parker Lake
Sandy Lick Creek
South Witmer Run
West Branch Susquehanna River
Wilson Run
Wolf Run
Hatchery vs. Wild Brook Trout
Raising the Brook Trout in our aquarium was comparable to raising trout in a hatchery. Here are some differences between hatchery raised trout and wild trout:
Timeline differences:
1st born- When the baby fish are just ejected out of the mother’s body they are eggs. The eggs get bigger, and then hatch. After they are called sac fries. This is because they have little sacs under their fish body. The fish gets bigger then loses it sack. After about 3 months it looks like a regular fish, except its very small. It takes 12-14 months to grow to a catchable size.
Survival rates: 20% of all fish that are hatched, live
Food:
· At a small age brook trout eat small aquatic insects that they can find in the wild.
· A adult brook trout has a wide ranged diet including blackflies, and micros.luding mayflies, salamanders, caddisflies, midges
What they need to live:
Brook Trout need a healthy habitat to survive. They need cold water that is 50 F (10-1 C), and clean water that is not chlorated and sedimenteded. The ph has to be 7 and the water has to be oxygenated. With oxygenated water you need a high level of dissolved oxygen (above 7 ppm). Food is very important. Brook trout eat a variety of different things like other fish, insects, macro-invertebrates, and more. The last thing is shelter. Gravel substance, boulders/woody debris, and shallow pools with vegetation is what makes up a good shelter for a brook trout.
Other differences:
The two main differences between wild brook trout and hatchery brook trout are…
Hatchery trouts heads are smaller than wild brook trout. The color of there heads are also different is wild trout show a darker cheek than hatchery trout do.
Pennsylvania Hatchery locations:
-Huntsdale
-Bennerspring
-Pleasant Gap
-Belefonte
-Reynoldsville
-Tylersville
-Corry
-Oswayo
Links:
Clearfield County stocking schedule Jefferson County stocking schedule
Stocked river names for Jefferson and Clearfield county
Jefferson
Big Run
Callen Run
Canoe Creek
Cathers Run
Clear Creek
Clear Run
Cloe Lake
East Branch Mahoning Creek
Fivemile Run
Laurel Run
Little Sandy Creek
Little Toby Creek
Mill Creek - Trib To Clarion River
Mill Creek - Trib To Sandy Lick Creek
North Fork Redbank Creek
Pekin Run
Rattlesnake Creek
Rattlesnake Run
Redbank Creek
Sandy Lick Creek
Walburn Run
Wolf Run
Clearfield
Anderson Creek
Beaver Run
Bennett Branch Sinnemahoning Creek
Chest Creek
East Branch Mahoning Creek
Gazzam Run
Goss Run Dam
Hockenberry Run
Jack Dent Branch
Jamesville Dam
Juniata Lake-Tannery Dam
LaBorde Branch
Laurel Run
Little Clearfield Creek
Medix Run
Moose Creek
North Witmer Run
Parker Lake
Sandy Lick Creek
South Witmer Run
West Branch Susquehanna River
Wilson Run
Wolf Run