05-13-2015, 10:06 PM
Don't get me wrong. I think it is awesome that they did it. I'd like to see more of it.
I just think throwing a teaser out there is the wrong way to go about it. "Several" is very vague. Why not be specific?
As you stated, there is a lag between stocking and posting, which according to my own observations is sometimes quite large. So now instead of instilling excitement into fishermen to go out and catch and appreciate something new, they create frustration in a lack of information. If you are to argue that they don't want to "hotspot" a location and fish them out right away so they have time to have an impact on prey species, then don't publish at all.
It just seems typical for fish and game to me in that it is only partially thought out. I believe fish and game does a reasonable job of managing fish, they are just very poor about public relations and they don't make it very easy to give them feedback either.
The IS team is awesome, though. They completely went the extra mile to help me get some maps I was working on a few weeks ago.
The department has strengths and weaknesses. Public relations, IMHO, is more of a weakness than a strength.
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I just think throwing a teaser out there is the wrong way to go about it. "Several" is very vague. Why not be specific?
As you stated, there is a lag between stocking and posting, which according to my own observations is sometimes quite large. So now instead of instilling excitement into fishermen to go out and catch and appreciate something new, they create frustration in a lack of information. If you are to argue that they don't want to "hotspot" a location and fish them out right away so they have time to have an impact on prey species, then don't publish at all.
It just seems typical for fish and game to me in that it is only partially thought out. I believe fish and game does a reasonable job of managing fish, they are just very poor about public relations and they don't make it very easy to give them feedback either.
The IS team is awesome, though. They completely went the extra mile to help me get some maps I was working on a few weeks ago.
The department has strengths and weaknesses. Public relations, IMHO, is more of a weakness than a strength.
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