Re: I would like to speak to anglers who regularly fish for spring trout
I don't put much stock in surveys since they usually don't contain questions that deal with the many variables involved with reaching a conclusion. One variable that determines how many fish are caught is how many fishermen are fishing. How many state-stocked fish would be caught in Spring Lake on opening day were it not for the aggressive stocking by the Liveliners? If only the trout stocked by the state were the targets, the number of fishermen along the banks and the bridge would be much less. That would definitely affect the catch numbers and perhaps the catch ratio. At one time, local ponds and stretches of rivers were stocked by community groups or sports' stores for opening day. If memory serves me correctly, Roosevelt Park Pond was one of them.
As for the cormorants, I have never seen a skinny one at any of the trout stocked ponds or any pond for that matter. They don't take all of the fish, but they do eat a good number of them. Twenty cormorants on a small pond that is stocked with 150 trout is like an "All You Can Eat Buffet"! They don't wait until opening day to begin fishing either. If you feed them, they will come. Just saying!
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