Bill Dell on Brook Trout

In this episode Bill Dell from the troutbitten project and I discuss wild native brook trout and their management here in Pennsylvania. We cover topics like setting expectations for anglers who want to fish for them, their often underestimated resiliency, and how we could be managing them better here in PA. We discuss how states like Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia and others are managing native brook trout much more effectively that the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. We talk about the free to cost saving management actions that would likely allow the PA wilds to have larger and healthier populations similar to those southern state’s managers have created with evidence based management. We talk about how fly fishermen often leave PA to fish for native brook teout because of how bad the management is here. A central theme discussed is a big lack of angler education from PA Fish and Boat. Other states have much more angler education videos and material while PA fish and boat seems to just try tominflate the value of hatchery trout to fishermen with their social media. We discuss brook trout conservation genetics and how stocking ontop of brook trout and in large downstream waterways harms their genetics. We discuss how the combination of stocking and bad stream habitat restoration attendant that simulate raceways in the wild have harmed native brook trout. We discuss the contrast how the habitat blueliners find brook trout in naturally sharply contrasts with the trench or chute like monoculture habitat created by these single channel stream restoration projects with no islands or sode channels. Finally in the action alert listeners and viewers are encouraged to reach out if they are interested in writing an opinion editorial(op-ed) for a local media source to publish to help raise public awareness and pressure politicians responsible for PA fish and boat’s continued waste and failures to do better.

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Action Alert: Contact me at this e-mail if you would be interested in writing a short opinion editorial on the need for stocking reform and submiting to a local state media source.

Salvelinus19@gmail.com

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If you love wild native brook trout check out the link to the Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture below.

https://easternbrooktrout.org/

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Unicorn Brookies by Philip Light

This blog covers native brook trout in PA like you have never seen before. Phil’s articles take a deep dive into different brook trout populations in PA and surrounding states as he examines their management in a setailed science based manner that teaches readers things they can’t get any where else about these amazing fish. Fascinating Blog on brook trout.

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