The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission began stocking trout in earnest this week despite frigid temperatures.
One of the first creeks to be stocked was Deer Creek on Wednesday, with volunteers braving 36-degree water temperatures and 20-degree air temperatures to release hundreds of brown, rainbow and golden trout.
Stocking began early this year because the opening day of trout season, typically the first Saturday in April, falls on April 5 — about a week earlier than usual.
The fish commission plans to stock more than 4 million trout statewide this year.
