PFBC Quarterly Meeting to be Held on April 28

[DaveKile]

HARRISBURG, Pa. (April 17) – The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) will hold its quarterly business meeting on Monday, April 28, 2025, beginning at 10 a.m., at its Harrisburg headquarters, located at 1601 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110. The meeting is open to the public.

The complete schedule and agenda for this meeting and information on how to provide public comment is available on the PFBC website (Fishandboat.com).

This meeting may be viewed remotely by joining the webinar from your internet browser using this link: https://bit.ly/Apr28CommMt

If prompted, enter the webinar access number code: 2870 102 4687
Password: public (782542 from phones)

To listen to the meeting by phone, call: 1 (408) 418-9388
Access code: 2870 102 4687#
Password: 782542#

 

[Mike]

And once again the qualifying data for each Class A candidate and each wild trout stream candidate along with maps and sampling site locations are provided. Each quarter anglers get a chance to see the data for the candidates if they bother to look.

 

[Cznymph]

I see that the PFBC recommends that the board of commissioners approve the amendment to the Class A stocking protocol, despite receiving 17 comments against this and only one in support.

Why do we even bother to give our input if our concerns aren’t addressed?

 

[Mike]

I see that the PFBC recommends that the board of commissioners approve the amendment to the Class A stocking protocol, despite receiving 17 comments against this and only one in support.

Why do we even bother to give our input if our concerns aren’t addressed?

Yes, that one cracked me up a bit, as it was a head scratcher. From a practical standpoint though, I didn’t think the outcome was much of a negative given existing guidelines and I thought the debate here was overblown. I don’t think Commissioners should NOT be involved in stocking decisions and that includes whether or not a stream, river, or lake is added to or deleted from a stocking program.

 

[jifigz]

Where is the list of Class A waters that they want to start stocking?

 

[afishinado]

Where is the list of Class A waters that they want to start stocking?

I guess we have to wait to see the "white fleet" at the streams to find that out.

Here is a summary of the agenda discussed at the meeting.

The Class A part starts on page 20.

A listing and maps of the latest Class A and Wild Trout designation list follows the policy change.

https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/fishandboat/documents/about-us/minutes-agendas/agendadocs/2025-4-28-agd.pdf

 

[Cznymph]

Where is the list of Class A waters that they want to start stocking?

I’ve heard through the grapevine that Freeman Run will be stocked again, with no harvest of brown trout.

 

[Cznymph]

Yes, that one cracked me up a bit, as it was a head scratcher. From a practical standpoint though, I didn’t think the outcome was much of a negative given existing guidelines and I thought the debate here was overblown. I don’t think Commissioners should be involved in stocking decisions and that includes whether or not a stream, river, or lake is added to or deleted from a stocking program.

Isn’t the purpose of the commissioners to represent the interests of anglers in the districts that they represent?