Yet another 90,000 trout to be euthanized....

[Almaink]

I am beyond pissed off. They want to drag Christie over the coals but no investigation of F&G? The D&R didn't get any brookies only browns and now no more fish at all? Where did all the Rainbows go? People bought their trout stamps for what? I want my money back...

OK so I just got off the phone with a guy at the hatchery. They are going to only stock the remaining trout, mostly rainbows in places they will last all summer. No more going into fish and take waters that get to hot in the summer. I'm still pissed but what ya gonna do? I just hope people still buy licenses next year or else our sport is in big trouble.

[Capt. Lou]

Tough break fo us ardent trout guys! Im not going to ask how all this occured since I personally dont have a clue about raising trout.
However hatchery personnel should have been up on this possibility since this is the states primary source of trout.This disease actually strikes w/o warning ??
No clues, somebody must have been aware of even a remote possibility of this occuring, & in this case having disastrous effects on trout fishing.
Lots of ?'s , probably never get to the bottom of the issue , my opinion somebody / bodies dropped the dam ball !!

[AndyS]

No problem with the lake trout, and they keep stocking them......in Monksville

[bigfishy]

Lots of ?'s , probably never get to the bottom of the issue , my opinion somebody / bodies dropped the dam ball !!


Much agreed with this statement...I have been following this pretty closely since it came out on the web in late summer -early fall....It seems as if this (furnurculosis) is a SUPER common occurrance in hatcheries throughout the WORLD....So it sounds as if this was something that was going to occur in our main hatchery sooner or later and it does'nt seem as if they prepaired for it or did ALL they could to avoid it.....That being said i'm sure the lack of pre-disease action was do to low/or lack of funds....But if there are going to be future trout stocking problems(ie; the amount of fish stocked per yr.) the lack of funds issue will prob only get worse.....

Pissed off ppl = less license and or trout stamp sales = less funds for the hatchery to make nessessary changes.....

I am probably in the minority, but i would be willing to pay more for a trout stamp and or donate money to fix the problems....Long road ahead

[Michael82929]

Originally Posted by Capt. Lou

Tough break fo us ardent trout guys! Im not going to ask how all this occured since I personally dont have a clue about raising trout.
However hatchery personnel should have been up on this possibility since this is the states primary source of trout.This disease actually strikes w/o warning ??
No clues, somebody must have been aware of even a remote possibility of this occuring, & in this case having disastrous effects on trout fishing.
Lots of ?'s , probably never get to the bottom of the issue , my opinion somebody / bodies dropped the dam ball !!

I really don't think anyone dropped the ball. The employees up at Pequest take the raising of fish in the highest of regards. Brook and Brown trout are very delicate / sensitive fish to raise. I have been involved with the stocking programs for over 20 yrs. Personally, I think the track records speaks for itself.

This last time I remember an issue at the hatchery was when I was 12 yrs old. I am now 36.

A collaborative effort of volunteers, staff, Master's Degrees & PHD's spending effortless amounts of time to keep this program running so that the residence of NJ can enjoy fishing throughout the yr. (Year after year)

Support your local fishery!!!!

Trout stamps so on and so forth.. 10$ a yr.. That's almost a pack of cigarettes. You should get a stamp even if you don't catch trout. So future generations can enjoy a past-time we take for granted.

[Polelock]

Keep in mind that no person caused this to happen. The Hatchery personnel take pride in raising these trout but mother nature had different plans... It is just a shame that it happened..

[Mikey topaz]

Wow! Not good news at all!! Didnt they give some kind of antibiotic to the fish? Shoulda just treated evrey fish right from the get go!

[Almaink]

Originally Posted by Mikey topaz

Wow! Not good news at all!! Didnt they give some kind of antibiotic to the fish? Shoulda just treated evrey fish right from the get go!

According to the biologist I talked to they treated the fish two times. They had to wait 21 days after treatment before they could stock the treated fish. The first treatment didn't take so they tried again. After waiting 21 days everything looked oK. Then Monday a few of those treated fish showed signs of the disease again, and since they had already been treated two times a decision was made to not stock them. They also redid the stocking allotments and thats where we now stand.

[Michael82929]

Originally Posted by Mikey topaz

Wow! Not good news at all!! Didnt they give some kind of antibiotic to the fish? Shoulda just treated evrey fish right from the get go!

They did.. it didnt work...

[Capt. Lou]

If u dont believe anyone dropped the ball what do u personally think occured,since as u stated ur involved with the hatchery!

Many PHD's work on project per ur statement, then ur stating some pretty smart personnel did nothing wrong, then again in ur opinion what went wrong?

Im not close to the issue like u seem to be ,however lots of miles on my waders in over 60 seasons of trout fishing & I go almost every day in season!
And yes its a bargain to trout fish in NJ for the both the quality & quantity of fish available until now!
Im not put out this year due to the fact Im not catching trout because Im personnally having a banner year & Im an OOS License buyer !
I would gladly pay double for my OOS Trout stamp if it would help the hatchery !!!