2020 Trophy Trout article & related stocking increase.

[TheGLOV]

https://www.pennlive.com/life/2019/...ne8N7dulvDUmYlfh8nMIDf5W7voGSWMQnsoaqFu_w2LCA

 

[tgar]

https://www.pennlive.com/life/2019/...ne8N7dulvDUmYlfh8nMIDf5W7voGSWMQnsoaqFu_w2LCA

Thanks for posting. For those that fish once or twice a year this is a big deal.

 

[emertmakeshiteup]

https://www.pennlive.com/life/2019/...ne8N7dulvDUmYlfh8nMIDf5W7voGSWMQnsoaqFu_w2LCA

Glov, since you appear to be into these things! Part of my PFC legacy is 40+ years ago, picking up steelhead eggs that were flown in from Oregon and incubating them at Tionesta. Thus Lake Erie/PA's Steelhead program was born!

 

[PSU Mike]

Thanks for posting. For those that fish once or twice a year this is a big deal.

That’s why I love the Coastal Cutts in Oregon. They’re managed as a no kill wild fishery. There are bigger fish, but only Appalachian wild brookies are close in my heart.

 

[tgar]

That’s why I love the Coastal Cutts in Oregon. They’re managed as a no kill wild fishery. There are bigger fish, but only Appalachian wild brookies are close in my heart.

Mine as well. In Pennsylvania they need to stock to appease the average fisherman who isn’t going to fish more than a couple of times when the season opens. It falls just about 6 months in between deer season.

I do a lot of fly fishing for wild Brookies as well as other wild trout in Pa. and stay away from any creek on opening day that is stocked. They need to sell licenses here ( like everywhere ) and they perceive this is the model to accomplish that. For my friends that only fish a couple times a year, the added large fish raised will peek their interest.

 

[BBG65]

I'm not buying that stocked trout are mostly for the guys who only go out a couple times a year. We fish a good bit mostly in northwest Pa., in and around the ANF. We fish the smaller headwater streams some, but our favorites are Tionesta and Oil Creeks and that is for stockies. Everyone doesn't have the number of wild brown trout streams that flow in the central part of the state. It's not just my family and friends. There are lots of guys on these streams up until July and many of them are regulars. Only a small percentage are fly fishermen. Also, catch and release is very common these days.

 

[Agoodnap]

The article mentioned golden rainbows quite a bit. I can't stand goldens...when they're in the water my eyes tend to track them, I lose focus, and end up with nothing for my efforts. When I see one now I immediately leave that area.

 

[Rhino80]

Not a fan of stocked trout. They are moosh and I don't eat them. We used to catch them and stock a few dams on our property for the kids to catch. After a year or two in the creek. they taste much better. I'll take an 8 inch native brook trout over a 20 inch stocked anyday

 

[Ranger Dan]

I’m all for more and larger trout, but those golden rainbows are an abomination to nature.

 

[Victor E. Bell]

I’m all for more and larger trout, but those golden rainbows are an abomination to nature.

I never understood the attraction either. Easier mark for predators, so they stock more to make up for the attrition. Unknown if a study was ever done to predict the all-source mortality of these fish but I imagine there's been at some time. Enough people must want to catch them so I guess it's the PFBC's "giving the people what they want."

 

[BBG65]

The goldens are popular simply because they're something different and they're mostly 2 year old fish, so significantly bigger. As for eating stockies, I agree they're not that good unless they're holdovers. I don't keep them.