wildtrout2
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Thankfully, the vast majority of folks who pursue natives in PA are C&R fishermen. Their biggest threat appears to be environmental issues.
NY STATE record Brook Trout
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Unfortunately, harvest of brook trout has a very significant negative effect on their populations.
wildtrout2
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What leads you to think that's the case? I have never seen, or spoken to a single fisherman who keeps natives in my 40 years of fishing in PA.
Didn't the Wild Brook Trout Enhancement Program show that not to be the case?
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dryflyguy
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That fish is freakishly fat.
And no, I’m not saying that it’s stocked because of that
But seems kinda odd to me
You guys that fish there - have you caught other pig brookies like that?
And no, I’m not saying that it’s stocked because of that
But seems kinda odd to me
You guys that fish there - have you caught other pig brookies like that?
wildtrout2
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It really is a fat brookie. A lot of the large lake caught trout I've seen pics of have a big gut. That brookie (the one on the left of the two pics) looks like it could be wild though. We may never know.
Edit: Looking again at the two side by side pics of that monster brookie, they actually look like different fish.
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sixfootfenwick
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The data set analysis of that study was almost as abysmal as the set up and premise of the study.
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wildtrout2
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How would you have gone about it, more streams included in the program?
