Orvis podcast
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I don't ever listen to the Orvis podcast, but I like and approve of John Arway, so I am interested in this one!
ROVERT
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I listened. I would have enjoyed a little more depth on the topic.
I'm most interested in hearing someone with some influence address the impact that stocking has on stream access. I'm fairly confident access would be lost at some of the places I fish for wild trout if stocking was stopped there.
I fully agree that we shouldn't be stocking over native fish. I see a little room for negotiation on wild fish since our fish commission doesn't really have much else implemented in terms of access programs.
I was hoping that would be touched on.
I'm most interested in hearing someone with some influence address the impact that stocking has on stream access. I'm fairly confident access would be lost at some of the places I fish for wild trout if stocking was stopped there.
I fully agree that we shouldn't be stocking over native fish. I see a little room for negotiation on wild fish since our fish commission doesn't really have much else implemented in terms of access programs.
I was hoping that would be touched on.
nd1001
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Something discussed in another thread is the detection of PFAS/PFOS in urban waters leading to a cessation of stocking. It is unfortunate because those are waters without wild/native trout fisheries.
I think that ceasing stocking over ALL wild trout waters would be too big of a step to gain support. But I fully support moving incrementally in that direction.
I think that ceasing stocking over ALL wild trout waters would be too big of a step to gain support. But I fully support moving incrementally in that direction.
The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast: Hatchery Trout vs. Wild Trout: What the Research Says, with John Arway
In this week's podcast, my guest John Arway [31:42] discusses the impact of stocking hatchery fish over wild trout populations, exploring scientific research, historical context, and management strategies to promote wild trout conservation. John was both a fish biologist and director of the PA...
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The science on stocking over native and wild trout has been known since at least the 1940s. So, it was known before most of us were born.
How to get non-biologist Fish Commissioners to defy the pressure from the sportsmens clubs and vote to end stocking over native brook trout has not yet been figured out though.
How to get non-biologist Fish Commissioners to defy the pressure from the sportsmens clubs and vote to end stocking over native brook trout has not yet been figured out though.
rustbeltwilds
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And it won't prob ever be.....these things take time lol lol
tomgamber
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First time you go out on opening day and see more flyfishermen, that'll happen. It's not about science. It's about money. You already know that.
