On 17 Sep, 03:09, Halfordian Golfer wrote:
On Sep 16, 10:16 am, Mike wrote:
Good post Mike. There is definitely counter points to be,
respectfully, made.
1) In Colorado, there is an exceptional fishery in the mountain and
plain lakes that, up until a 100 years ago were completely devoid of
fish. A lot of private hatcheries stocked the water including the
famous boulder rod and gun club. This activity *created* teh fishery.
2) There is also the consideration that stocked trout in places like
St. Vrain State Park, old gravel quarries, absorb a tremendous amount
of recreational pressure.
3) The license revenue generated from stocked trout draws interest and
moneys for research.
4) 100% of the Brown, Rainbow and Brook trout fishery is the
descendant result of stocking programs.
5) In many cases the very nicest fish you catch, one full of color,
fight and firm healthy trout is simply the multiple year hold over.
Personally, I get the Jones to bang a few stockers and eat them at
least once or twice a season. Some of the new diets makes the flesh
orange and the fish relatively tasty, especially brined and smoked.
I'm not too proud to crack a cool one and take a few of the stocked
trout out of he
http://parks.state.co.us/Parks/StVrain/
In fact, they did something pretty cool out there last year. What used
to be the back ponds that you could drive all around have been closed
off as hiking access only. If you walk a mile or two you can leave
just about all the rest of the fishermen.
Best regards,
Tim
If stocking is done with fry, or even fingerlings, in a natural
manner, and these fish are allowed to grow naturally, it can be, and
often is, extremely beneficial. Grown on stock fish rarely are, they
are a massive drain on resources. If that same money and effort was
invested in improving the environment, there would be far fewer
problems.
The argument that stocked fish relieve pressure on wild fish is an
attractive and plausible one, but when one considers the three pounds
minimum of wild fish protein required to produce one pound of stock
fish, it crumbles completely. This ratio n is actually often a great
deal higher. Robbing Peter to pay Paul, never works.
I have not eaten a stocked fish for nearly forty years now, and I
never will. I donīt eat any of the farmed stuff on offer either. I
know how it is produced, and have seen quite a few analyses of the
stuff.
Whatever, I am quite obviously wasting my time here.
TL
MC