Updated Trout Stocked Waters

[Billfish715]

Which trout stocked waters do you think can be removed from the stocking list? Which waters can afford to have their allocations reduced? Does the state need to stock trout in lakes that are managed for muskies? Should lakes with very limited shoreline access have their quotas reduced? I know that the numbers of stocked trout have been the same since forever. Shouldn't there be an updated accounting? What are your ideas?

[thmyorke1]

Good question. Id reconsider the stocking points that lay on Wild Trout Streams. I cant say much about other bodies of water. There's such a large # of spring stockies that it's understandable how they're tossed everywhere to make all the anglers of the state interested.

[AndyS]

Any water listed NO KILL should get NO TROUT.

[akoop]

Originally Posted by AndyS

Any water listed NO KILL should get NO TROUT.

The issue is that many trout are lost to predators and poor water conditions during the summer so I feel they should still be stocked. Fishermen are not the only reasons that trout disappear.

[Lard Almighty]

Originally Posted by akoop

The issue is that many trout are lost to predators and poor water conditions during the summer so I feel they should still be stocked. Fishermen are not the only reasons that trout disappear.

Then why have a no-kill stretch at all? If the fish are going to die to predators or temperature anyway, why not allow anglers to keep them before that happens?

[Drossi]

Originally Posted by Lard Almighty

Then why have a no-kill stretch at all? If the fish are going to die to predators or temperature anyway, why not allow anglers to keep them before that happens?

PA does it better with delayed harvest sections vs. no-kill

[RyanLoughney]

Originally Posted by AndyS

Any water listed NO KILL should get NO TROUT.

agreed.