Agenda item for Monday

[Mike]

I’ll be paying attention to where this goes. I’m wondering why it doesn’t more clearly specify the 13 stocked Class A sections. Additionally, why doesn’t it specify Brown Trout since that’s the species primarily or perhaps exclusively involved at present in those sections and for which the present stocking over Class A populations was designed?

Study to evaluate special regulations to mitigate impacts of stocking on trout
populations in Class A wild trout streams.

 

[TroutHunter814]

Is there a link to read more about it?
Or is it on PFBC webpage?

 

[MBWCC]

https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/fishandboat/documents/about-us/minutes-agendas/agendadocs/2025-04-14-fisherieshatcheries-cte-agd.pdf

 

[sixfootfenwick]

Seems hogwash to me.

I've been told for decades that regulations have little to no affect on wild trout populations in Pennsylvania.

Similarly I've been told the stream sections that are class A and stocked are robust populations that stocking will have little to no effect on those wild trout populations.

They should stock them harder and up the creel limit to 25.

 

[Cznymph]

They want you to comment on relevant agenda items, then provide an agenda with only a few vague details of what may me discussed.

 

[jifigz]

So, Mike, I'm a little confused.. Didn't they already implement special regs in those streams by making all brown trout C&R in those sections? What other special regs would they be considering? Slot limit or something?