PA Trout Management History

[afishinado]

An interesting history of trout management in PA posted on the PFBC site:

http://www.fish.state.pa.us/pafish/trout/trout_plan/history.pdf

 

[Slate_Drake_9]

I find it interesting that nowhere in this document do they have their current philosophy of "A good trout is a dead trout; preferably on a stringer."

 

[tomgamber]

Oh, I thought that was the motto of wild only trout fishermen. I have never heard the PFBC use that.

 

[jayL]

Slate_Drake_9 wrote:
I find it interesting that nowhere in this document do they have their current philosophy of "A good trout is a dead trout; preferably on a stringer."

Where do C&R regs fit under that philosophy? :roll:

 

[RLeep2]

>>I find it interesting that nowhere in this document do they have their current philosophy of "A good trout is a dead trout; preferably on a stringer.">>

That's probably because that is not THE current philosophy, but rather a component of an overall philosophy that probably on balance is in the top 20% or so of states with significant wild trout resources in terms of being forward looking.

I think PA does pretty well by its wild trout anglers when we consider what percentage of the overall user base they constitute.

Thanks to Afish for posting this interesting document..