Tionesta Hatchery

Tionesta Hatchery Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission’s Tionesta Hatchery raises Steelhead, Walleye, Tiger Muskellunge, Pure-Breed Muskellunge, and Channel Catfish.

01/02/2020

These 80,000 Steelhead fry are at day 14 post hatch and have almost completely absorbed their yolk sac. They will begin actively searching for food that we will give them early next week once most of the fry are up off of the bottom.

Conneaut Lake Report!
12/28/2019

Conneaut Lake Report!

12/23/2019

Another easy collection today. This was number 4 for the season and the weather was nice enough to get into Godfrey Run today.

12/23/2019

We don’t get many Winter days like this on the Lake Erie shoreline.

12/20/2019

These are Steelhead fry that are only on day 1 post hatch. These fry are from our first spawn on 11/20. They will live off of their attached yolk sac for approximately 2 weeks before it will be absorbed and they will begin eating a dry feed diet that we supply them with.

12/20/2019

This egg picker makes hatching Steelhead a breeze. The picker sends a light beam through the egg. If it senses any opaqueness, the egg is given a shot of air and knocked into the “bad” side. If the egg is in good shape, water flushed it from the wheel and sent to the good side.

12/20/2019

Over One Million “green” Steelhead eggs between our last 2 spawns. At a 50 degree water temperature, these eggs should take about 30 days to hatch.

Steelhead spawn #3 was another success. 685,000 eggs were “taken”.
12/20/2019

Steelhead spawn #3 was another success. 685,000 eggs were “taken”.

12/09/2019

Steelhead brood collection #3. Lots of fish to choose from again. A big “Thank You” to the students from Cranberry School District that came up to help us out.

11/13/2019

Another beautiful Fall day on the Lake Erie shoreline at Trout Run. The first collection of the season went very well with help from Linesville, Fairview, and Tionesta Hatcheries and the Lake Erie Research Unit. These fish will be held at the Fairview Hatchery and begin spawning them next week after getting some time to “ripen” in the raceways. There will be 7 more collections spread out throughout the Fall and Winter. After these fish are spawned they are released back to the Lake Erie tributaries where the anglers can enjoy them.

Hopefully this speeds up the water cooling!
11/08/2019

Hopefully this speeds up the water cooling!

11/05/2019

Water has finally cooled enough to do our final splits for Steelhead smolt grow-out. There is roughly 750 fish/net full.

Address

172 Fish Hatchery Lane
Tionesta, PA
16353

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 3pm
Tuesday 8am - 3pm
Wednesday 8am - 3pm
Thursday 8am - 3pm
Friday 8am - 3pm
Saturday 8am - 3pm
Sunday 8am - 3pm

Telephone

+18147553524

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What We Do

The Tionesta State Fish Hatchery is responsible for Steelhead smolts, Walleye fry and fingerling, Muskellunge fingerling, Tiger Muskellunge fingerling, and Channel Catfish yearlings for the angling public of Pennsylvania.