Most fish hatcheries, as is Huntsdale, are supported by fishing license fees, a convenient arrangement that keeps fishermen happy and a species healthy and abundant. The tour at Huntsdale is Self - Guided, though groups may be able to arrange a Guided Tour, depending on the availability of staff. Visitors can witness nearly every aspect of raising fish in volume, something which Huntsdale does quite well. During a recent year it produced nearly 1 million adult trout. The Visitor's Center is the starting point of a tour.
Several aquariums display various warmwater fish common to the state.
There are several other exhibits, one of which traces the history of fish culture in Pennsylvania. Here visitors will become acquainted with the more than 100-year service of the Fish Commission and see the early equipment and methods used to raise fish. The Tour continues to the Raceways, which look like a sort of dragstrip for fish. Each holds several thousand trout, which are graded and sorted by size several times each year. Other points of interest include one of the underground springs that supply water for the operation, other Raceways, and Holding Ponds.