ABOUT BEAVERKILL TROUT HATCHERY

Julia’s Local is proud to serve fresh trout direct from Beaverkill Trout Hatchery in Livingston Manor. Henning always served it at his restaurant, Henning’s Local (2012-2024). Read more about Henning and his love of trout in Chronogram/Upstater.

The oldest and largest private trout hatchery in New York originally started as a hobby by Fred Shaver, a dairy farmer, outdoorsman, and hunter. Almost sixty years and five generations later, Beaverkill Trout Hatchery is remotely located in Catskill State Park on 180 acres and continues to be family-owned and operated. Managed with infectious passion and unrivaled expertise by Fred’s great-granddaughter Sherry Shaver and her sons, the fish farm is fed by natural springs and well water and has up to 200,000 baby trout at any given time. Harvesting eggs from their own stock, the Shaver family hatches rainbow trout, golden rainbow trout (native to Rocky Mountains and West Virginia), brown trout (originally imported from Europe in the 1950s), brook trout (native to the Catskills and Henning’s go-to), and are entrusted to populate rivers, streams, and ponds throughout the region and neighboring states.