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Dan Sims said:
Aux Pleins said:
you've been the envy of our little salmon crew here on wcf from what I've been reading.
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I don't know about that Aux... Real Trout anglers let the Steelies live. But Hey! It's his right.
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I'll preface this with the fact that I've not eaten a Steelie which I've caught in about 3 decades, and I've caught some rainbows since then...but "real" trout anglers who fish within DRN regulations should be able to keep whatever is legal to put on a table without effecting a population.
Now, being that these are non-indigenous fish which do not spawn in our waters I personally feel that if at a point in their unnatural fresh water life cycle here they happen to get legally caught and the angler who has paid his license wishes to eat his limit, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that.
I more and more get the feeling that some Chicagoland anglers think that legal keeping of non-indigenous sport fish is a no-no or at least an ethical quandary. it should not be that difficult. In most cases our Gov is very good at over-regulating. If by some chance our F+W guys way underestimate the amount of legal rainbows taken or how any could/should be taken I'm fairly sure they could just poor a few more into out lakes and streams...
 
#13 ·
Rich said:
Dan Sims said:
Aux Pleins said:
you've been the envy of our little salmon crew here on wcf from what I've been reading.
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I don't know about that Aux... Real Trout anglers let the Steelies live. But Hey! It's his right.
Click to expand...
I'll preface this with the fact that I've not eaten a Steelie which I've caught in about 3 decades, and I've caught some rainbows since then...but "real" trout anglers who fish within DRN regulations should be able to keep whatever is legal to put on a table without effecting a population.
Now, being that these are non-indigenous fish which do not spawn in our waters I personally feel that if at a point in their unnatural fresh water life cycle here they happen to get legally caught and the angler who has paid his license wishes to eat his limit, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that.
I more and more get the feeling that some Chicagoland anglers think that legal keeping of non-indigenous sport fish is a no-no or at least an ethical quandary. it should not be that difficult. In most cases our Gov is very good at over-regulating. If by some chance our F+W guys way underestimate the amount of legal rainbows taken or how any could/should be taken I'm fairly sure they could just poor a few more into out lakes and streams...
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:thumbup: There's a reason we pay for licensing.
 
Discussion starter · #15 ·
Here is some info (stocking program) :moresarcasm:

Personnel with Mixsawbah SFH recently completed stocking of skamania STT in both Trail Cr & the E Br. A total of 89,360 fingerlings averaging 5¼" were stocked. Trail Cr received 44,795 while the E Br was planted with 44,565.
 
#18 ·
I don't know all the specifics, but were all the trout and salmon stocked for sport and to help eat off other non native specie?

So basically they may be reproducing, but doesn't take away the fact they're non native.. eat em all that's why they're there.. besides the way they stock those ugly mouthed fish we couldn't put a dent in that population if we've tried. It would take some serious commercial fishing.

I get why a lot of shore guys would get mad or jealous at another cat for killing salmon.. heck I'd wanna blame someone too for all those long skunky nights and days spent on the Chicago shore.
 
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TaterToT said:
BrookfieldAngler said:
Michigan and Wisconsin have a good amount of natural reproduction

http://steelheadsite.com/forum/cms.php? ... _Steelhead
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But he wasn't in Michigan or Wisconsin. Fish spawning isn't rocker science. If Indian wanted a natural system that would be a different story, but they don't . They enjoy the revenue from people like jacek.
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Yes, my point is that here and where the fish were caught they do not spawn. "Our waters".
And it is a constant supplementation and stocking process which should not be effected by legal licenced anglers eating their limit, if they choose .
There's nothing natural about their whole life cycle here. It's been tweeked from the start.
But, if they do well spawning up north, all the more reason to let people take some.
 
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