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Originally Posted by Super
But that doesn't mean trout should be stocked in those places. I don't support stocking anywhere where 75% of the trout are going to die from the heat and become raccoon food. Stock a fish that can survive in those ponds like bass, crappie, perch, channel cats, bullhead, etc.
They stock those ponds to sell fishing licenses, not because it's a trout habitat.
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The idea is “put & take”.
“Put” the trout in when the water is cold in the spring. Then, anglers “take” the trout out before the water warms.
If NJ F & W didn’t have the license revenue from the many anglers whom take advantage of the above, they would probably have to shut down the Pequest Hatchery.
And, warmwater fish are already in those waters & reproducing,…..no need to stock.
Except for channel cats & Esocids, which reproduce minimally, or not at all. So, they are stocked periodically.
