wrote:

I was camping on the river that night. So I didn't throw a dead fish
back into the water. I put him tin foil
and baked him with garlic and oyster mushrooms.
And I felt thankful for nature's bounty, what little is left of it.


I agree with you concerning more crowded conditions but that "bounty"
isn't threatened. Trout populations as a whole are higher and healthier
today than they were 20 - 30 - 40........ years ago.

Willi