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Post by johnbenish on Aug 28, 2015 18:09:02 GMT -5
One answer is the letter I just received from DEC with my lifetime sportsmans license addressed to "Dear customer..." It is an indication that we are thought of as customers not sportsmen. They are also trying to sell a license plate. In the letter it mentions all the new money going to fish hatcheries. Don't know if the rest of the public would be seeing this, I would have been more interested in hearing how more stream access was being obtained, more educational and informational programs done, and more enforcement done. There is plenty of evidence of people fishing with bait on the Oatka in the park, especially recently.
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Post by SteveKowalski on Aug 29, 2015 1:22:19 GMT -5
rules are only good for those who follow the rules, stream locals will snag and NET when ever they want, just like on the lower Catt tribs that have closed regs. now (I have heard first hand confessions) enforcement is key, but token closing might keep out of staters and paranoid NY'ers from flocking. poaching happens... for food
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Post by byronfishpaw on Sept 2, 2015 22:08:09 GMT -5
There are brook Trout in upper Catt watershed too. Not stockers. I just go back again to that report previously mentioned. Not at all clear to me if creeks can carry more, or that lake run fish won't out compete the wild residents there now. www.dec.ny.gov/docs/fish_marine_pdf/fishpasscattck.pdf
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