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Breaking News: 13 Class A stocking exemptions!

Tim Schaeffer just signaled he is going to grant 13 class A stream stocking exemptions(5 new and 8 renewals) including Penn’s Creek! This was disclosed at the december 23rd hatcheries and fisheries committee meeting 2 days prior to Christmas and WAS NOT listed in the meetings agenda. Further it has been brought to my attention that one pay for play trout club owns property on many of these streams and we are currently trying to find out if they or their property are connected to the sections recieving exemptions. Also an angler survey reveals a solid majority of trout anglers DO NOT want hatchery trout stocked over significant wild populations. This same survey shows access is a big concern for anglers as well. Join us and learn more about whats going on in fisheries management in PA. Action Alert! Tell Governor Shapiro & the house/senate game and fish committees an executive director that ignores the angling public, lies in senate hearings, spends the agency into oblivion on stocked fish, and puts all his energy into pandering to special interests won’t be tolerated. TELL THEM ALL TIM SCHAEFFER HAS TO GO!!!Shapiro E-mail: deeberly@pa.govSenator Greg Rothman, head of G&F committee: bslate@pasen.govRep Anita Kulik Astorino, head of house G&F committee: RepKulik@pahouse.netConsider buying a subscription to Dark Skies Fly Fishing Magazine! Its a great project that covers the where, how, what, as well as conservation issues for the mid-atalntic region and pairs very nicely with a subscription to other national fly fishing magazines for just $12 a year! https://darkskiesflyfishing.com/magazine/?srsltid=AfmBOoryFuCcNSjJkQS0ckoYzoFSQZZOOv67MdrOA1T9ol9DchvIQizPPennsylvania fishingPA fishing licenseFishing regulations PAPFBC (PA Fish & Boat Commission)Fishing near me PABest fishing PAPA fishing spotsWhen does fishing season open PASpecies-Specific9. Bass fishing PA (Largemouth, Smallmouth)10. Trout fishing PA (Brook, Rainbow, Brown)11. Walleye fishing PA12. Catfish fishing PA13. Perch fishing PA14. Crappie fishing PA15. Pike fishing PA16. Musky fishing PA Locations & Waters17. Raystown Lake fishing18. Neshannock Creek fishing19. Delaware River fishing PA20. Susquehanna River fishing21. Lake Erie fishing PA22. Allegheny River fishing23. Fly fishing PA24. PA stocked trout watersTechniques & Gear25. Bait fishing PA26. Fly fishing gear PA27. Lures for bass PA (Crankbaits, Swimbaits)28. How to fish for Walleye PA29. Best bait for trout PA30. Fishing knots31. Fishing rods for PA bassGuides & Charters32. PA fishing guides33. Fishing charters PA34. Guide to bass fishing PASeasonal & Events35. Ice fishing PA36. Spring fishing PA37. Fall fishing PA

Episode 3:Losing Stream Access to Posting

This week on Finsylvania Mike Evanko creator of Wooly Bugged and author at Dark Skies Fly Fishing discuss loss of stream access to posting of private land. Many noteable anglers around the state are sounding the alarm on this loss of access that is not getting significantly replaced by Pennsylvania Fish and Boat. We discuss why “angler opportunity” always seems to mean stocked fish and not access in PA. We discuss the future of our sport and how much of a threat losing access is. We also discuss those who might benefit fork this loss of access and seek to monitize it. Please take part in this week’s Action Alerts by doing the following….
 
1. E-mail Senator Greg Rothman, Anita Kulik Astorino, and governor Josh Shapiro at these E-mail addresses. Tell them a lot of license dollars and certainly tax payer infastructure grant dollars need to be shifted from stocking to creating more stream access! They need to protect our sport and the PA outdoor economy!
 
Shapiro E-mail: deeberly@pa.gov
 
Rothman E-mail: bslate@pasen.gov
 
Kulik Astorino E-mail:
crippole@pahouse.net
 
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Private Stocking

Show description and links below this weeks action alerts!! Action alert 1: e-mail Governor Josh Shapiro’s office and tell them we need adoption of an emergency stocking authorization in Pennsylvania to mitigate the vast ecological damage from unregulated private stocking. Please also mention we need commissioners taking the 3 vacant spots that will actually use it to say “no” to irresponsible private stocking once an authorization is adopted. E-mail for Shapiro’s office: deeberly@pa.govAction Alert number 2: please contact Penn Live and tell them the desperate need for stocking reform is important news thats not getting reported on. Tell them we don’t want to see fluff pieces on stocking that ecologically give Fish and Boat a pass and leave iut the harmful effects of these hatchery fish. E-mail Penn Live: newstips@pennlive.comWelcome to episode 2 of the Finsylvania podcast! Today we have author and guest Philip Light from unicornbrookies.com. Unicorn brookies is a conservation blog about the management of native brook trout in Pennsylvania that features high quality photography, mapping, and abundant citations of fisheries science. Its truly a one of a kind publication that helps readers understand native brook trout and their management far beyond what you will find in traditional writings about these fish. After a brief discussion of unicornbrookies.com and Phil’s path in conservation we hit the main topic, the wild wild west of private stocking in Pennsylvania. We discuss everything from what kind of entities are doing the private stocking, their motivations, the kinds of places they are doing it. Further, we discuss what the ecological and social impacts of private stocking. Finally we talk about how in our opinion private stocking illustrates a huge culture issue in the fly fishing and angling community with how pollution is viewed or not viewed. The episode ends with some action alerts including 2 conrete ones that I will list above. Hopefully everyone interested in trout fishing in Pennsylvania or stocked vs. wild and native trout enjoys the podcast. This podcast is relevant in many areas in the PAwilds where some of our most sensitive native species live. Blueliners will identify with some of the painful stories of hiking into remote wild places only to find stocked trout. Phil’s Bloghttps://www.unicornbrookies.comDarkskies Fly Fishing Magazine https://darkskiesflyfishing.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoptU1wFt2-yup60TQILuxR9Z2w8OG4mwiVv0xomXws6ocyXvJpb#blueliner #brooktrout #fisheriesmanagement #pawilds

Episode 1: Intro to Finsylvania

Finsylvania is a podcast dedicated to discussing and changing how we manage fish in Pennsylvania. In this episode we discuss the elephant in the room, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission’s failure to manage our states aquatic resources coherently. I lay out a high level overview of the problems with the current myoptic focus on stocking invasive hatchery trout. These issues include wide spread ecological harm to native aquatic species and gross waste of tax payer and fishing license funds on stocking. Finally we talk about the vision for this podcast, an interactive means for discussing fisheries management in Pennsylvania and taking action to make it better!
 
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