11-30-2011, 01:48 AM
I am normally one to fight for our rights, but I don't see the issue here.
1) They don't stock enough trout in our lake to make a "Trophy fishery"
Some trout get stocked, some stripers eat fat for a day or two, and they resume life as normal, eating shad. They aren't making 50lb class fish in Mead by stocking a thousand trout a week.
2)They don't stock enough to ever be fished for consistently.
3)The big stripers will still eat ac plugs long after the trout are gone.
4) GIZZARD SHAD. Who cares about the trout feeding the stripers in the winter. Now we have an awesome, large baitfish all year long!
That's my 2 cents on the issue. I don't support them stopping the program, but it really doesn't bother me.
On the other hand, it would bother me if they stopped stocking at Willow.
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1) They don't stock enough trout in our lake to make a "Trophy fishery"
Some trout get stocked, some stripers eat fat for a day or two, and they resume life as normal, eating shad. They aren't making 50lb class fish in Mead by stocking a thousand trout a week.
2)They don't stock enough to ever be fished for consistently.
3)The big stripers will still eat ac plugs long after the trout are gone.
4) GIZZARD SHAD. Who cares about the trout feeding the stripers in the winter. Now we have an awesome, large baitfish all year long!
That's my 2 cents on the issue. I don't support them stopping the program, but it really doesn't bother me.
On the other hand, it would bother me if they stopped stocking at Willow.
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