DE Stocks Trout In White Clay Creek & PA Cuts License Cost 75%  - The Fisherman

DE Stocks Trout In White Clay Creek & PA Cuts License Cost 75% 

Trout were stocked in White Clay Creek in northern New Castle County on October 19 to provide anglers opportunities to fish for trout in the fall and winter, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) announced. About 1,000 pounds of 12- to 13-inch rainbow trout were stocked from near the Pennsylvania state line downstream to Newark.

Trout anglers are reminded of the following Delaware rules and regulations:

  • A Delaware fishing license is required, unless an angler is exempt.
  • A Delaware trout stamp is required through Nov. 30 to fish in White Clay Creek, as well as other designated trout streams stocked earlier this year, unless an angler is exempt.
  • Trout fishing is open one half-hour before sunrise to one half-hour after sunset, unless otherwise restricted by area rules.
  • The daily possession limit is six trout, except for a daily possession limit of four trout when fishing in or within 50 feet of the designated fly-fishing-only section of White Clay Creek.

Managed by the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife, trout are purchased from hatcheries and stocked using revenue from anglers purchasing Delaware trout stamps. Trout stocking in Delaware is also supported by federal U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Sport Fish Restoration funds generated by anglers purchasing fishing equipment.

Delaware fishing licenses and trout stamps can be purchased online at de.gov/digitaldnrec, at the license desk in DNREC’s Dover office at 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901 or from fishing license agents statewide. More information on fishing, fishing licenses and trout stamps in Delaware can be found at de.gov/recfishing.

Across the border in Pennsylvania, anglers can save 75% on the cost of a 2022 fishing license through the end of this month.  There’s still a lot of great fishing to be had before the year runs out, with plenty of a quality trout being stocked throughout the Keystone State.  Finish the fall with fish and save big through November 30 only at HuntFish.PA.gov. Select your annual fishing license then copy and paste the code SAVE75 (case sensitive) for your savings.

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