![]() NOTE: Licenses, stamps and permits are sold at Pequest, but only checks or credit cards are accepted. Pequest and all state WMAs are “carry in – carry out” locations and trash/recycling receptacles are not provided please plan accordingly to not leave any trash or recyclables behind. Besides scheduled group programs, Pequest teaches about trout and wildlife conservation at its annual Open House and other public events and programs throughout the summer for families, scouts and other groups. Educational programs can be scheduled year round for groups of all ages. We pride ourselves on our trout farming and have been serving the public for years with fresh fish and fish for their dams. Pequest strives to teach visitors about a variety of natural resource topics – from fishing to forestry – with the goal that visitors will develop the behaviors and skills necessary to become stewards of wildlife and natural resources. From May through September, the nursery building is not in use. The best time to see the hatchery is October through May when all areas of the facility are in operation. We hatch, grow, raise live trout for sales to private clubs, communities, fishing tournaments, lakes, ponds. Pequest is open for visitation year-round. Musky Trout Hatchery located in Asbury NJ. ![]() ![]() Visitors to the site use the area to learn about trout and how they are raised, as well as to use the 5,100 acres of state WMA land that surrounds the hatchery for recreational opportunities such as hiking, hunting and bird watching, while great fishing opportunities abound in the nearby Pequest River. ![]() Pequest produces up to 700,000 trout annually for stocking in the public waters of New Jersey. The Century Trout Farm: fishing for Rainbow and Brook trout in a private, park-like setting on a pond located near Madison and Oregon in southern Wisconsin. Hayford Hatchery in Hackettstown in 1981. Pequest began operations when trout production was transferred from the Charles O. Pond care products, fish food, and aeration. The Pequest facility includes a Natural Resource Education Center for environmental education as well as the only state-owned and operated trout hatchery. Fish Haven Farm provides fish stocking for ponds and lakes in central New York and northern Pennsylvania. ![]()
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