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Originally Posted by Broad Bill
Remember a lot more water means a lot more water to maintain and stock. Not an easy task by any means to stock all the waters in NY considering the substantial size difference between the two states in demographics.
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I understand that.. Not stocking of fish thats the problem.. Its management.. NY is awful... Clubbing pike that they caught in gill nets.. I heard about it, did NOT believe it until I witnessed it with my own eyes.. Simply because the Pike spawn in an area where trout run up a creek to spawn,,, NY cares ONLY about tourism, and the guys that tow their trolling rigs to big trout/salmon lakes, or spend money in the Catskills...
here's another beauty...
Skaneateles Lake-
Walleye All Year, Minimum Length-12", Daily Limit-Any number
There are very few walleye in this lake, but the NY STATE DEC HATES them-
Why?- because they aren't trout and the tourist don't fish for them, so they want them out of the lake, before they "damage" the trout fishery in an area that has one 300-600 foot deep glacial lake after another, all stocked with trout, and all pretty much relegated to guys that troll exclusively in 30-100 FOW with big cabin boats rigged with multiple electric downriggers... There are LOTS of other issues.. Not one lake in all of NY state with hybrids, although there are plenty of lakes that would do great with them... again, NJ looks at what it has, and maximizes the potential..
NY???.. Throw the money where we''ll make it back .. thats their approach..
