Editorial content is created independently of the project’s donors. If left to their own devices, wild trout, we believe, will repopulate and establish themselves.”Įditor’s note: “From the Source: Stories of the Delaware River” is produced with support from the National Geographic Society, the Lenfest Institute for Journalism, and the William Penn Foundation. “So Trout Unlimited’s focus is to restore brook trout. “Brown trout are voracious feeders, and they’ve taken over brook trout areas,” Shane said. “They are going to follow food and cold water.”įor example, he said, brown trout are now as numerous as native brook trout after so many years of stocking. “The fish don’t say, ‘Uh-oh, I’m outside a Keystone Select area,’” Shane said. Shane, who refers to the golden rainbow as “banana trout,” said that can lead to declines in wild fish. “People can’t always make the trip to Williamsport or somewhere else, and want to be able to catch trout close to home.”īut introducing nonnative species into streams with healthy trout populations causes unneeded competition for resources. Golden rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss, color variant): The West Virginia. I think of warm-water creeks like Ridley and Wissahickon that would never support fish populations,” Shane said. Ownership WV Division of Natural Resources. Although Palominos were stocked as both average-sized and large trout, todays Golden Rainbow is. “I don’t want to sound like we think all trout stocking is bad. Palomino trout were first stocked in Pennsylvania in 1967. More anglers paying for licenses brings in more revenue to feed conservation programs.
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Those colorful trout could be swimming in the Wissahickon, Neshaminy, and other Philadelphia-area creeks, streams, ponds, and lakes next year.įaced with a national decline in fishing, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is breeding ever more golden rainbow and other prized trout in the hope of luring more anglers to the sport. The most notable: Golden rainbow trout, an orange-yellow fish some might mistake for koi, a species of carp. Avaricious dragons are often dismayed that the flash of gold in the water was not what they thought. But a relatively small program will be expanded starting in the spring to introduce trophy trout to more state waterways. The state already stocks waterways with trout. Within a few years, those eggs will grow into trophy trout - big adult fish prized by many anglers.
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“In about two more weeks, you’ll start to see a tiny little eye emerge” from each egg, said Wagner, manager at Huntsdale State Fish Hatchery near Carlisle, Pa. Andrew Wagner popped open the lid of a plastic tray last week and peered inside at hundreds of tiny, round, pale trout eggs.