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Mike
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There was some mention of stocked trout catch and release rates in another post. I assume that reference was being made to the regular stocked trout waters under statewide regs as opposed to special reg waters. There is no need to speculate about the stocked trout catch and release rates in Pa. The results from the relatively recent statewide stocked trout creel survey were clear in this regard: Anglers fishing stocked trout streams in the spring caught, on average, slightly more than one trout per hour fished; 63.1% of those fish were subsequently released. (On opening day on the urban stream that I surveyed around 70 percent of the trout that were caught were released).
As a sidebar: With respect to the release rates of wild trout in unstocked wild trout streams, the statewide wild trout stream creel survey showed that 92.7% of wild trout were released.
As a sidebar: With respect to the release rates of wild trout in unstocked wild trout streams, the statewide wild trout stream creel survey showed that 92.7% of wild trout were released.