I fish mostly wild trout streams so I don't keep them, they have to do the stocking in the streams. Back when there were people around from the days of the mountaineers, I would keep some trout for them. They didn't like stocked trout, They liked Mountain Trout, thats what they called wild Brook trout. with all the people travaling to the area today to fish, it would be to mutch pressure if every one kept trout.
I was born in S.E. PA, My father was from Elk Co., (PA Dutch ancestory) My mothers side from down here. My ancestory goes back over 12,000 yrs. right here where I live now. This was the land of the Mannahoac Federation (Eastern Sioux). They lived off the land all those years. About 3 miles up the river my Great Great Grandmother and Grandfather are buried, over the next mountain somewhere His father is buried.
The last "Mountain Trout" I kept was back in the 90s, they were for my mother, when I cooked them for Her I tried one, they are good. My mother died in 1994, If she was still here and wanted some trout I would keep some for her.