Sorry about the confusion. I was not disagreeing with the statement and wasn’t aware that it was not attributable to Troutbert. I was just trying to explain why we stock. I do seriously question the wisdom of trying to “enhance” wild trout fisheries by stocking them with hatchery-raised fish. It is in my opinion and in the opinion of many others, an environmentally unsound practice. And now we are seeing the economic costs as well. Hatchery trout cost upwards of $3.00/each to produce and deliver to the stream. To use them to provide a fishery for a few days in the spring is not really economically feasible. Many western states came to this conclusion a long time ago.
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salvelinusfontinalis
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Pretty much PA management of everything. Last to catch on and will hold on to a bad practice to the bitter end.
I expect pa fisheries management to be no different
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Quote: Troutbert
Exactly. That myth has been posted on paflyfish.com quite a bit.
I remember first reading that myth in a small, outdoors magazine/newsletter published by some guy in upstate PA, in the early 1990s.
I thought it was baloney back then, and have ever since. The historical record doesn't support it. And there has never been any scientific evidence for it.
This study and the NJ study show that it was just bosh, pure rubbish.
So why do people push this theory? Because they fear the possible effects of fisheries management changes if brook trout are given special status as the native salmonid in our streams.
So they fabricate a narrative, creating fake history and fake science in order to support their particular fisheries management preferences.
Instead of starting with the facts and working forward to conclusions based on the facts, they work the opposite way.
They start out with the type of fisheries management they want, then fabricate "facts" to support that.
I just had to chime in. This may be the most important factual statement I have ever read on this forum. The future of trout management is made more difficult by breaking through the accepted myths based on assumption than any other thing. Very Well said Troutbert, I applaud you.
Acristickid
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I don’t recall which creek it was but I went up after the presentation and asked about the shaded waters.
