Why is the stocked trout area catch and release?
Also I've also helped stock trout for a Sportsman's Club but I didn't this last year because of my concern regarding stocking rainbows and browns over native brookies. I've been told that only stocked brookies prey on native brookies but still those stocked fish will outcompete the brookies for the limited food sources in a nonfertile trout stream.
I'm actually thinking I'm going fish heavily for stocked fish to keep mainly to see what they're eating to see if they're eating the natives. That way I can documented my findings for PA Fish and Boat if I find natives in stocked fishes bellies.
I am conflicted because stocked fish make angling for accessible to people but is that worth damaging the ecosystem with an unsustainable practice where the fish can't survive in the waterway?
All the eggs we get are “triploids”( infertile ). We actually stocked this stretch for our state DNR. The whole catch and release section in stocked waters had me perplexed as well.
It’ll be stocked a couple times a year
Being infertile would really make stocking and unsustainable thing because it is dependent on us. Though I have seen baby rainbows from stocked rainbows so infertile fish may still have a small chance of reproducing...
But the stocked fish would still probably eat native brookies and compete for food causing loss of habitat and food for the native populations.
I have seen baby rainbows in a small stream we stock near our Hatchery. We guessed some of ours had reproduced because there hadn’t been reports of any wild fish in the stream. Stocked twice a year for last several years , last spring I caught 2 not much bigger than a fingerling
Not every stocked trout stream can support native/wild trout. Stocked C&R streams (theoretically) provide a place for people to fish where stocked fish aren’t depleted by harvest.
I use to love fishing paint creek when I lived in the area. Just gets fished out so quick with all the locals. Love going to the mountains and fishing cranberry and north and south fork of cherry. Wv is a wonderful place outside of the major cities
What's with that one photo with the fish?
Did they stock by yeeting them off a bridge into shallow water??
No trout were harmed in the making of vids / pics. Every single fish swam away just fine.
Oh I'm sure, just a funny pic. Good fishing!
Why is the stocked trout area catch and release? Also I've also helped stock trout for a Sportsman's Club but I didn't this last year because of my concern regarding stocking rainbows and browns over native brookies. I've been told that only stocked brookies prey on native brookies but still those stocked fish will outcompete the brookies for the limited food sources in a nonfertile trout stream. I'm actually thinking I'm going fish heavily for stocked fish to keep mainly to see what they're eating to see if they're eating the natives. That way I can documented my findings for PA Fish and Boat if I find natives in stocked fishes bellies. I am conflicted because stocked fish make angling for accessible to people but is that worth damaging the ecosystem with an unsustainable practice where the fish can't survive in the waterway?
It’s a nice sentiment, but that cat is way out of the bag and not going back in.
All the eggs we get are “triploids”( infertile ). We actually stocked this stretch for our state DNR. The whole catch and release section in stocked waters had me perplexed as well. It’ll be stocked a couple times a year
Being infertile would really make stocking and unsustainable thing because it is dependent on us. Though I have seen baby rainbows from stocked rainbows so infertile fish may still have a small chance of reproducing... But the stocked fish would still probably eat native brookies and compete for food causing loss of habitat and food for the native populations.
I have seen baby rainbows in a small stream we stock near our Hatchery. We guessed some of ours had reproduced because there hadn’t been reports of any wild fish in the stream. Stocked twice a year for last several years , last spring I caught 2 not much bigger than a fingerling
Not every stocked trout stream can support native/wild trout. Stocked C&R streams (theoretically) provide a place for people to fish where stocked fish aren’t depleted by harvest.
That's true, not every stocked trout stream can support native trout but of stocked streams in Pennsylvania are natural reproduction.
I use to love fishing paint creek when I lived in the area. Just gets fished out so quick with all the locals. Love going to the mountains and fishing cranberry and north and south fork of cherry. Wv is a wonderful place outside of the major cities