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Post by icemole on Aug 22, 2019 17:39:36 GMT -5
I don't think stocked trout are sterile... after all they need next springs trout. With that said I do believe that they have been bred or tricked with lighting to spawn earlier/later than they would naturally. IDK if they would all revert to nature in the wild, but some have. You couldn’t be further from truth. You should read into how the state stocks trout. This is how they did it in 2015(most of Berks trout come from this hatchery).. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wEvZdq_LA8&feature=youtu.be ... Granted these fish are held for a couple of years and used for "spawning" and after "X number of yrs they are the "trophies" everyone looks for on opening day. Also from the PFBC page(not my question).... I would like to know if stocked fish reproduce in a stream? Nearly all the species stocked from state hatcheries are capable of spawning in the wild. The exceptions are hybrids such as tiger muskellunge, hybrid striped bass, and saugeye. In the case of trout, if some make it through the summer and find suitable habitat, natural reproduction might occur. Whether or not those young trout make it through the first year of life depends largely on the habitat, particularly summer water temperatures. Many of the streams we manage with stocking of trout are at their very best seasonal trout habitat. They lose flow and experience elevated temperatures during much of the summer and trout don't do well there.
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Post by icemole on Aug 22, 2019 17:52:33 GMT -5
cvllebanger... Every Pa creek that has wild browns is because stocked fish spawned in that creek. I have a good dozen here in Berks. Some are headwaters of stocked creeks, others are tributaries, one is even due to a "kids rodeo" held 3 miles downstream.. Browns tolerate warmer less oxygenated waters so they make up most of Pa's wild trout... rainbows + brookies require colder more oxygenated waters
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Post by cvllebanger on Aug 23, 2019 10:13:17 GMT -5
Just look up coatesville on Google maps. Put a pin drop at first Ave and rt 82. Directions should take you right there
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Post by cvllebanger on Aug 23, 2019 12:22:04 GMT -5
Probably put up tree stands Saturday. Already committed to a 2hr drive to Rock Hall MD Sunday fishing for white perch
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Post by cvllebanger on Aug 24, 2019 19:07:02 GMT -5
Cvlle resivior is loaded with with white perch they are now mostly stunted in the 6-8in range. Occasionally you find a few bigger but not often. If you don't care how you catch them old fashion bobber and worm and fish every place you can wet your line. If no white perch in fifteen minutes move on when you find them it will be a bunch of them. One time mid summer I found them on the dam not the wood side. I was catching 2 at a time on tandem trout magnet jigs kept a few of 8in white perch very tasty. Went back the next day almost exactly the same time and not a single bite . Tried for a while just to make sure I wasn't to early.
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Post by cvllebanger on Aug 24, 2019 19:14:25 GMT -5
Yea hunt archery and gun for deer also hunt rabbits and pheasant with championship breed beagles. I haven't figured out how to post pics on here from my phone. I don't have a tablet or computer of any kind
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Post by cvllebanger on Aug 26, 2019 22:51:07 GMT -5
Taking beagles out is very fun when they good dogs. Mine is young with lots rust compared to last year. He having trouble bringing rabbits back that run big circles. Last year end of season he could do that with ease. But spring crappie season and a hot summer I'm just getting him back out. Hopefully I can have him on point by the time rabbit season starts.
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Post by cvllebanger on Aug 27, 2019 18:07:12 GMT -5
For training the furthest I go is Marsh Creek or Octorara lake. Other than that I train around coatesville. For actual hunting pretty much any state gameland or park within 90min drive. We haven't found any good hunting areas that aren't state gameland or park yet.
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