From the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife:

Each year, staff from the NJ DEP Division of Fish and Wildlife's Hackettstown Hatchery travel to north Jersey lakes to collect broodstock (adult fish capable of spawning).

These fish provide the eggs for a variety of species raised at the hatchery.

All fish raised at the Hackettstown Hatchery are stocked in public waters throughout the state to provide recreational fishing for licensed anglers and their families.

Click here for a recap of fish collected in 2010, along with photos of some of these trophy-size fish.

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