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This time of year the trout rend to cruise the shallows looking for food prior to the spawn.many places I fish that I know have trout, I will have that possibility as something I might catch while jigging.They are fun to catch when they are on the hunt.
Trout spawn in the fall. Pass me what you are burning please....Nice bow Sam.
The fish the state stock don’t reproduce so harvest away if you eat them, they also make great dog food off the grill
I don't disagree, but consider, many of the better lakes have excellent holdover potential. At the least, a released trout is likely to provide another Angler with a catch. At best, a released trout may grown into a trophy. That is a hell of a better use of our license revenue than killing a fish to use as dog food.
We are talking about a State that stocked trout into lakes with many pike. Creating a real fun spring pattern for me. I have literally watched pike destroying stockers repeatedly.There's no secret where the license money goes. Look at the states balance sheet. Look up how much insane overtime gets paid to EPO's on split shifts....meanwhile hardly anyone gets checked....
I guess it depends on perspective. My only beef with stocked trout is they stock over wild fish in spots....making the wild trout compete. Quite stupid. If they want to feed pike I'm all for that!
I FINALLY got checked last weekend in my favorite pike hole. The guy actually busted a couple people. Was good to shoot the **** with him for a few minutes too. First time I’ve been checked in my 5 years of ice fishing.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wcvb.com/amp/article/massachusetts-audit-environmental-police-failed-to-track-officers-whereabouts/32227796