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| Pleasant Mount State Fish Hatchery 229 Great Bend Turnpike Pleasant Mount, PA 18453 570-448-2101 |
| Visitor Hours Daily, 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
| Location: About 1 mile west of the Borough of Pleasant Mount along the western branch of the Lackawaxen River, Mount Pleasant Township (view Wayne County map). |
| FISH SPECIES STOCKED or PRODUCED |
 black crappie |
 bluegill |
 brown bullhead |
 chain pickerel |
 channel catfish |
 fathead minnow |
 golden shiner |
 lake trout |
 largemouth bass |
 purebred muskellunge |
 tiger muskellunge |
 walleye |
 white crappie |
 white sucker |
 yellow perch |
 striped bass |
 hybrid white striped bass |
| Fish pictures from our PA Fishes book. |
| RELATED PAGES |
 Pleasant
Mount's 100th Anniversary -- PA Angler & Boater magazinePFBC
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| PLEASANT MOUNT State Fish Hatchery Wayne County |
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| Originally constructed in 1903, the Pleasant Mount (originally called the Wayne Hatchery) facility
consists of the main hatchery (70 acres), an off site Hankins portion (125 acres), and a Douglas portion (30.6 acres),
all of which are owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and managed by the Fish and Boat Commission.
The main hatchery complex consists of earthen ponds, exterior concrete linear raceways, and hatchery buildings that contain interior concrete raceways, fiberglass tanks, and egg incubation units (trays and jars). Water comes from a number of sources:
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 Front of main office building
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 Hatchery buildings - barn, main office, shop
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 Aquarium and main office building |
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