i never understood why we have never gave the same effort into walleye and northern pike fisheries as we have the broodstock salmon and the landlocks. I feel as they are a heartier species and may even naturally reproduce? I know in some bodies of water they have stocked them in the past but not in the same efforts and numbers as the salmon. just a thought though i enjoy catching most species of fish and maybe im jaded as i love cathin eyes and pike
Check out my story in this months (July) Hawkeye and you will see how much politics is involved in fisheries decisions?? Pike have made a magnificent display at Moore Reservoir and I think trophy walleye would have been even more impressive. I've been told that walleye advocates just did not present a popular front and "wild trout" advocates were more populous?? Still hope for the future if we can get together?/Dick
I'm not sure what Littleton "wild trout" you are referring to. The tail race fishing below Moore Dam is famous for big trout, but they are all stocked fish? Dick
Haha keep thinking that....Look at the stocking rates. The connecticut river below Moore doesn't get stocked. Although there certainly are quite a few drop downs, wild trout definitely make up a sizable population.
they are called "drop-backs" ....still a stocked fish
I don't have to explain myself. If you think they are stocked fish, then so be it.
Easy there BrookieSlayer...I do recall recently reading a Vermont biologists article on some wild trout in the Ct River, if only I could remember where I read it or the statistics he provided. I'll dig for it and share when I find it.