Dan Tredinnick
Dan Tredinnick
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It's still something we feel, as a staff, is viable. That's especially so if the money it raises gets plowed right back into supporting youth programs that get kids fishing.
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It's not a particularly large program in terms of the number of waters or the number of trout stocked, but it's generally been pretty well received. Particularly in instances like this winter, where you've got a lot of open water, if the conditions are right, it's great because people can fish knowing there are fresh trout out there.
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Everyone agrees that the spillway was heavily damaged, but that's where we part ways. The problem is you can't replace the spillway and have a functional dam again. The dam does not meet the requirements for a possible maximum flood. The entire dam needs to be replaced.
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It's a safe bet to say with special regulations, it's more about managing people than managing fish. It's often more social than biological, putting streams into a Catch and Release or any other program.
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It's not the first time something like this has happened. There's something about big fish that makes people throw out rhyme or reason. They get so excited, they lose sight of reality.
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Raising trout in the numbers that we do to the size we do is an extremely expensive proposition. We have an obligation to get the best return on that investment that we can.
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People plan their marriages around it. The calls start coming in around the first of the year from people wanting to make plans. I've had brides-to-be tell me that that's why they're asking, because they don't want to plan their wedding the same weekend as the opener. And that's not something that's just happened once. It happens often enough every year that it sticks with you.
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People focus too much on numbers. Given how much trout waters vary in size and access, numbers alone don't reflect fishing opportunities.
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I usually tell people 'low and slow,' meaning to add weight to their lines so they stay low in the streams and move more slowly in swift waters. That's my advice for how they're going to catch fish in high-moving waters. This year, low and slow definitely describes the streams.
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You're looking at 50 plus years of having a single, statewide opening day in mid-April. That means just about everyone who is out there trout fishing now has never known anything else.
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These fish cost a lot. So, we're trying to make sure we get the most bang for the buck. A fish that dies or gets eaten by a heron isn't a good use of our money.