The program, held by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, lets 25 fishermen, 65 or older, fish in the stocked education pond at the hatchery. Rainbow trout 10 inches and up are stocked in the spring and fall.

“The Senior Fishing Rodeo provides the anglers a safe place to access the water to fish,” said Karen Byrne Principal Biologist, bureau of information and education, New Jersey DEP fish and wildlife.