07-19-2018, 05:40 PM
[quote Joe_Dizzy]They could if managed correctly. They almost have to be the only fish in the lake to have a healthy population. [/quote]
Yeah, there is truth to this. The "golden pond" where I catch them had a large stunted population of brookies, along with a few previous Golden survivors prior to a couple of heavy plants of golden trout. Even with anglers suggesting harvest of as many brookies as legally possible, the results were predictable with all the fish of both species there being emaciated. I am glad they stocked goldens again and it was fun to catch them, but the poor body condition of the population there was
ly inevitable.
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Yeah, there is truth to this. The "golden pond" where I catch them had a large stunted population of brookies, along with a few previous Golden survivors prior to a couple of heavy plants of golden trout. Even with anglers suggesting harvest of as many brookies as legally possible, the results were predictable with all the fish of both species there being emaciated. I am glad they stocked goldens again and it was fun to catch them, but the poor body condition of the population there was
ly inevitable.[signature]