Castalia State Fish Hatchery

Awesome

My husband and I visited the hatchery for the first time!! We loved it. The trout were beautiful and so docile. They ate corn kernels right out of our hands Will definitely go back!!

Lots of Trout

The Castalia State Hatchery is fed with water from the Blue-Hole aquifer which is at a temperature of 50F year-round, making it perfect for rearing trout. The hatchery uses this water to raise all of...

Going Upstream

The only reason the hatchery didn’t get 5 stars is that some of the interesting things we experienced there a couple years ago weren’t open/available because of the pandemic. Seeing the hatchery’s “b...

Very Cool

I've driven by here often through the years and decided to stop one day on my way home. At the entrance, you can see all the trout swimming around. We were amazed and how many there were and how cle...

Natural Wonders-Blue Hole and Trout Stream

You can bring bread or cheerios and feed the teeming stream of trout at the hatchery, and then drive back to the blue hole (underground artesian well) that feeds the stream. There is a also a walking...