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hookjaw
Just finished a River Runs Through it!
Lets just try to be responsible and to control what we can as fishermen and that would be to use common sense and not fish in the warm water situations for trout. Someday i hope that people will realize that the resource is way more important than their overall pleasure for a few days of fishing in the freestone streams with the current temps. Guys with the i drove 3 hours to get get here and iam fishing with what ever the conditions are always gonna be there but every year if a few more can be educated than maybe there will be some hope for the future during the high stress periods.
Yep, wait a few days and the stream conditions will change dramatically.
theartoflee
Anadromous Angler
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steeliejim902
Wild trout are yummy, I kill 'em all!
One option would be to fish the mouths of cold-water tribs.
Just sayin...
Just sayin...
Joe D
Registered User
Good idea at first thought, but when you consider fish are placed under a lot of stress when they all crowd together in cold water refuges it's easy to see that the added stress of fishing them increases mortality. Also, a hooked fish may not stay in the cold water, and tired and exhausted swims into warm water with less oxygen at a time when he needs it the most. Somewhat akin to us running a mile sprint and then at the end a plastic bag is put over our head.
Unfortunately, there is only one option and that is not to bother them.
We are fortunate to have many wonderful warm water and saltwater fisheries in the northeast... go have at 'em... at least until the trout water cools off again.
steeliejim902
Wild trout are yummy, I kill 'em all!
But if this hot, dry weather continues they are all gonna die anyway. So they might as well go down with a fight. That would be a true waste of the resource.
NJFred
Trout Hunter
Extrapolating your logic Jim... might as well fish for trout in warm water situations. They will all die... eventually. BTW... many of those fish will survive if not pestered as the cool flow in will help them. That's why they are there. Further... unless you have a crystal ball... it's hard to predict the future weather or not those fish will die or not.
Why not fish instead spring creeks, tailwaters or even target warm water species instead? Give those fish a break sir.
Why not fish instead spring creeks, tailwaters or even target warm water species instead? Give those fish a break sir.
emerger
Red Sox Hater
If this were true, there would not be trout in the main stem. It gets warm every year. Leave them alone and the fish hopefully will be fine.
A waste of the resource is going and killing them because they "may" die due to thermal stress.
trico mike
make mine wild
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Why not fish instead spring creeks, tailwaters or even target warm water species instead? Give those fish a break sir.[/QUOTE]
I agree you shouldn't target fish that are in thermal refuges. Spring creeks are the way to go when the water is to warm elsewere. Isn't the Delaware a tailwater just saying.
Why not fish instead spring creeks, tailwaters or even target warm water species instead? Give those fish a break sir.[/QUOTE]
I agree you shouldn't target fish that are in thermal refuges. Spring creeks are the way to go when the water is to warm elsewere. Isn't the Delaware a tailwater just saying.
hookjaw
Just finished a River Runs Through it!
The fish in the system move all the time in relation to water temps. They absolutely will not die due to warm weather spurts that raise water temps to over 70 deg or even close to 80 deg. After all they know their environment well enough and have the ability to survive these types of situations. They simply will move to the cold water areas and remain there until they feel comfortable to spread out again when cooler water temps present them with that oppurtunity. In general If you have a conservationist type attitude toward trout fishing it is easy to see that fishing on some of the streams in the North east at present is just a bad thing for the resource. If all could at least see the logic of not fishing for trout in warm water situations and then act upon it by not fishing at those times we would all benefit from it and also the trout population would benefit. This argument pops up every year and i think it's a good thing to bring up and hopefully more and more fishermen will learn and act upon it every year . Trout fishing is on my top 5 things i like to do in life and because of that i try to do what i can to protect the fishery as much as i enjoy using it. I try to make my decisions based on respect and logic not greed or ego. There are plenty of places to fish without having to target potentially thermally stressed trout.
NJFred
Trout Hunter
I agree you shouldn't target fish that are in thermal refuges. Spring creeks are the way to go when the water is to warm elsewere. Isn't the Delaware a tailwater just saying.[/QUOTE]
The Delaware is a Tailwater but depending upon releases, flows and ambients the downstream reaches get too warm to fish.
steeliejim902
Wild trout are yummy, I kill 'em all!
Warm water species are not my cup of tea.
Spring creeks don't really do much for me either.
So, if I drive 2 hour to fish the Big D, I'm gonna find some fish that are easy pickins.
Spring creeks don't really do much for me either.
So, if I drive 2 hour to fish the Big D, I'm gonna find some fish that are easy pickins.
