Fewer rainbows being stocked

[Steve H.]

Been checking out the NH F&G stocking report pages and noticed that many of the spots I like to fish early season (ex. Lamprey River) aren't getting any rainbow trout this year.  Then I noticed this:

A MESSAGE TO OUR ANGLERS - Unfortunately, NH anglers will once again experience a shortage in rainbow trout due to unforeseen circumstances with egg quality and shipping from a couple years ago. All of our rainbow trout eggs come from the federal hatchery system at no cost to us so we have little control over the quality of those eggs. In an effort to mitigate for this shortage, rainbow trout stocking numbers were adjusted statewide. Despite these adjustments, there are still some locations that will not receive their annual allotment of rainbow trout. These waterbodies will continue to receive their scheduled allotment of brook trout and/or brown trout. We are sorry for this inconvenience and hope to return to normal target numbers next year.

https://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/fishing/trout-stocking.html

[AquaAssassin]

There’s a chance there could be a Silver lining of bigger fish in that age class?? We will find out

[Gold Rush]

Great. Now if they could increase the numbers of brook and brown trout to make up for the lack of rainbows, we would be good.

[taxid]

My state of Indiana gets its rainbow eggs from a massive egg supplier in Washington state (Trout Lodge) that supplies private and public hatcheries all over the country. At least, as far as my state is concerned, it's less problematic and more cost effective than spawning their own broodfish every year. Trout Lodge is extremely biosecure while it seems federal hatcheries have had disease issues on and off. There's also the expense of heath testing your broodfish, which can be very expensive not to mention the broodfish have to be sacrificed at 60 per lot, which is already done at the egg supplier Trout Lodge. Additionally Trout Lodge has a very large gene pool which precludes a lack of genetic diversity which causes issues in the quality of the fish and hatching success.

[AquaAssassin]

Almost any big Bow in winni right now has Gill Rot, hate to see it.