As fishermen try their luck on opening day of trout season tomorrow, they can expect at least one thing: more.

That is how Dan Tredinnick, spokesman for the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, characterized this year's season.

Tredinnick said the commission has stocked about 4 million trout throughout the state this year, 200,000 more than last year. Seventy streams were added to the stock list, including Poe Creek and White Deer Creek in Centre County.

"With the level of stocking that has taken place, I fully expect there will be a lot of satisfied fishermen," Theodore Trostle, president of the Spring Creek Chapter of Trout Unlimited, said.

Streams will also have more water than the past few years, Tredinnick said.

Steve Sywensky, owner of Fly Fisher's Paradise, added that the area received four or five more inches of precipitation than average this year.

"We have some serious water," Sywensky said.

The temperature of the water also affects fishing. Because the weather has been colder, Jeffrey Weaver, manager of the commission's Bellefonte fish culture station, said he expects streams to be somewhat cold. Some trout may be feeding and moving slower because of this.

Trostle said he expects water temperatures to be in the high 40s, which is a bit colder than the ideal 55 degrees.

Weaver said anglers will have to be more patient with the colder temperatures.

"The fish have to eat, so it's one of these things where they can be caught, but people are going to have to be a little more patient," Weaver said.

Greg Hoover, adviser of Penn State's Fly Fishing Club, said people will have better success if they can get their bait or fly close to the bottom, where most trout will likely be found.

Despite the slightly cold water temperatures, the quality of the water should be mostly good, according to Brian Burger, manager of the commission's Northcentral region. Burger said with high water flow there will be sediment loading and pollutants present, but the pollutants will be more diluted because of high water volume.

Tredinnick said if the water is somewhat off-color, fishermen should consider using live bait because trout have a keen sense of smell.

Mark Belden, Penn State fly fishing instructor and intramural director, expects good conditions for tomorrow and for the season in general.

"This year, environmentally, we're primed for a long season," he said. "This weekend, it will start to warm up, and we've got good water volume."

He said Bald Eagle Creek, which runs parallel to U.S. Route 220, is loaded with stock trout. Belden suggested Spring Creek, which is catch-and-release fishing only, for wild trout.

Although fly fishermen can fish year-round at places such as Fly Fisher's Paradise, Hoover said there is still opening-day enthusiasm. He said the high stocking by the commission, and the general fishermen's ritual of opening day, maintains this enthusiasm.

Kyle Ziegler (sophomore-wildlife and fishery science) said he drives home to New Jersey for this tradition, but not because the streams are better there.

"I've been fishing there since I was little. I grew up there so I go back to fish with the guys I know," Ziegler said.