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Originally Posted by Wilson
Why would you....we don't catch shit 
Nice to meet you too.
My 2 cents on this whole disease thing is it's being hyped way too much.
This naturally occurring disease is bad for fish but not humans. It has been around for a 100 years, and was yearly occurrence in the Hackettstown hatchery.
Pennsylvania offered to buy are disease carrier fish so they can stock them anywhere in Pa.!!!!!
The only way to almost insure against furunculosis is to enclose the entire raceway area and re-plumb the water supply so there is no cross contamination.
The state can't even fix a boat dock on RVV, how are they gonna pull off a hatchery re-build  |
Agree completely Wilson, far too much hype and holler about a little germ. As you say Hackettestown stocked exposed and treated trout statewide for nearly 2 decades. Hell, in addition to Furunculosis they regularly battled IPNV there! These 2 pathogens were the main reason they brought in brookies from the federal hatchery in PA for many years to offset what was lost at Hayford. They (the diseases) are also why not a single fish from Hackettestown was ever introduced to Pequest when it went online in 1980.
Anyone who was around to enjoy the 1st fall stocking in '84 when they emptied out Hackettestown should have some outstanding trout memories! Literally tons of fish, all 3 species, all sizes, and active ascan be right through Nov into Dec! The odds are strong we'll never see the likes of that again!
Oh yeah, and PA stocks exposed and treated fish statewide every year. Anyone ever hear of an outbreak as a result?
