afishinado
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FYI
http://berkshireflyfishing.blogspot.com/2006/12/why-hatchery-fish-arent-real.html
http://berkshireflyfishing.blogspot.com/2006/12/why-hatchery-fish-arent-real.html
Padraic wrote:
I object to the term "mongrels" applied to hatchery trout. It's inaccurate for one thing. Except for tiger trout, the trout are not crossbred. More to the point, it's needlessly polemic.
IMO, a better and more equitable way to fund the PFBC would be to add a small sales tax (1%) on all fishing and boating equipment, similar to the Pittman-Robertson act for hunting. I would be happy to spend a dollar for every $100 of fishing equipment I purchase, if it were spent to enhance wild trout or lease/purchase public fishing areas.
Their last major purchase of that type was on Penns Creek way back in the 1960s. And there have been no such major "stream real estate" purchases since the Spring Creek properties.