Ernie wrote:


For some reason our nearsighted Fish and Game and National Forest Service
can't see the advantage of having clear running streams with stable banks
and clean water with natural reproducing fish. It would beat the hell out
of fishing for finless rubber hatchery trout.
Ernie

Montana's division of wildlife did a series of studies on the effects of
stocking catchable trout in rivers with populations of naturally
reproducing fish. They found that stocking "catchables" actually reduced
the overall fish carrying capacity of the sections of rivers they studied.

Willi