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In some cases the decline of brookies is measured on a timescale that's just too short to implement increased creel limits on browns (which I would wholeheartedly support). I never said anything...

Methinks your snobbery meter needs recalibration, with due respect. Tailwater trout are a ton of fun - and in most cases here in the SE were created where no real fishery existed previously. It...

The problem is THINGS WEREN'T LEFT ALONE TO BEGIN WITH. But hey, as long as you have your tailwater trout, you really shouldn't be complaining.

This is the crux of the difference between...

Again, the stream at the heart of this "controversy" was never really in decline with regard to brookies. In geologic time they have faced droughts and floods, probably fires and other environmental...

Ralph,

Shoot me a PM next time you make it down to VA. I'll do the same next time I'm in your neck of the woods - we have friends in Summit (norf Jersey) but haven't fished souf Jersey ever. ...

I understand your point - and it's well taken. But the proof is in the pudding so to speak. Ideally these situations should be treated on a case-by-case basis. Using two Shenandoah NP streams as...

Read the description of said event. It was restricted to a 3-day period and did not involve a kill mandate of any kind (i.e. purely volunteer-based). AND it's being done within legal limits with...

If we took that responsibility seriously, millions - nay, a BILLION - humans wouldn't already be starving.

Sometimes conservation involves thinking beyond the narrow scopes of our own desire to catch trout from every conceivable trickle. The demise of brook trout streams is blood on OUR hands. If the...

I suggest - whether you're an advocate of the devil or not - you check out the EBTJV...the Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture...which is also an urgent priority for TU. Why threaten a native trout...

First, that stream is - well, was - historically a great place to get into large NATIVE brookies. Since the last few drought summers, the brookies have really taken a hit.

There are fewer and...