Anglers from across the state are gearing up to fish their favorite spots today for the traditional statewide opening day of trout season.

Since mid-February, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission has been busy stocking waterways with a fresh supply of brook, brown and rainbow trout. And with approximately 3.2 million adult trout stocked in lakes and creeks, along with more than 10,000 miles of wild trout waters, anglers will have plenty of opportunities to catch a stocked or wild trout.Based on participation in the PFBC's two Mentored Youth Trout Days, PFBC Executive Director John Arway expects large crowds of anglers on the waterways enjoying time with friends and family."We've sold more than 8,500 voluntary youth licenses and have issued more than 17,500 mentored youth permits," he said. "That's a tremendous number of kids and their adult mentors who have already been out practicing their fishing skills this season. With warmer weather finally arriving, I think they'll be fishing again this weekend, along with the other anglers who enjoy the opening day tradition."Anglers can keep a daily combined species creel of five trout, at least 7 inches in length. A license is required for anyone 16 and older, and a trout permit is required for trout fishing in all wild and stocked trout waters.Trout season opened April 4 in Lehigh, Northampton and Schuylkill counties.Arway said anglers who use smartphones can use the PFBC's new "FishBoatPA" app to better navigate the Keystone State's streams and lakes."The app helps anglers see which waters have been stocked with trout, how to get to those locations easily, and what other access areas are near their current fishing spot," he said. "The use of smartphones has skyrocketed, so we have found a way to improve the fishing and boating experience for our anglers and boaters. Now they can spend less time looking for information and more time fishing and boating."In addition to providing access to stocking pages, the new mobile app allows anglers to post photos of their catches under "My Trophies." Anglers are also invited to post their opening-day photos on the PFBC's Facebook event page at

https://www.facebook.com/events/790313307731647.The "FishBoatPA" app is available for free on both Google's Play Store and Apple's App Store.Also this year, adult anglers are enjoying a first-ever $1 decrease in the price of their fishing license.The PFBC announced last fall that it was reducing the price of resident, non-resident and senior resident annual licenses by $1 for the entire 2015 season.@Section Head:DID YOU CATCH A FISH?Send us your photo and we'll post it in our online gallery at tnonline.com and in our print publication.Here's a bonus. All entries will be entered in our drawing for tickets to Lehigh Valley Steelhawks games. The indoor football team plays the PPL Center in Allentown.We have 5 four-packs of tickets to give away.To submit your photo, go to

http://www.tnonline.com/contact/photos or email them to

tneditor@tnonline.com.You can also mail photos to Fish Contest, 594 Blakeslee Blvd. Drive W., Lehighton, PA 18235.Entries are due by noon May 11.