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http://fishandboat.com/wild-trout-designations-step1.htm
Mike wrote:
Afish: If that's kudo is aimed at the Fisheries Management Division, I'm sure all would appreciate it. If it is aimed at me, given the sudden increase in SE Pa streams listed (especially the Schuylkill R drainage in Schuylkill Co), thanks. The increase is directly related to my having been able to hire a full-time biologist in May, 2011. You'll note that most of the Area 6 streams listed were surveyed in 2011. We still have 2012 wild trout surveys to do, although we have presently shifted gears to: smallmouth bass population surveys at night on the Susquehanna and Delaware, trap netting at least one lake, and assisting with a Pohopoco survey.
troutbert wrote:
Can someone explain how to use those latitude & longitude numbers in Google Maps or other mapping sites to find the location?
I've done this before, but I tried it this time and got somewhere around Mongolia, so I reversed the order of the numbers and tried again and got somewhere up around Greenland.
So I understand this correctly; these creeks will not be stocked, but protected, so the wild's can do their thing and increase the population?
JackM wrote:
58 Pa. Code, Section
§ 71.4. Stocking of designated waters.
It is unlawful to place fish in waters that have been designated by the Commission as catch and release, wilderness trout or wild trout management waters except with the express written consent of the Executive Director or his designee. This section does not prohibit a person from returning fish unharmed to the waters from which they were caught or taken.
I wonder if Mike can explain what the underlined designation means. Is it all Class A streams and does this include some other wild waters, or finally, does it include everything on the reproduction list? I have never seen a list of stream designated as "wild trout management." Is this a secret list?