It seemed things are going horribly for fisheries everywhere, then I caught the tail end of Nat. Geo feature on how well regulated Alaska’s fisheries are, maybe there’s something we could apply to a few more perhaps?

Eddie
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Rough: You brownline types could rule the fly fishing world one day – better start trademarking the obvious names now (’Red Horse fly rods” has a nice ring).

Redhorse aren’t spared from these threats either TC. At least Canada has the right frame of mind to protect some of these “other” fish alongside your prized blue ribbon trout. At the current rate, the only thing we’ll be fishing for are carp and pikeminnows. I’ve already called dibs on the patent for the carp switch rod .

Kbarton: Hell, I thought I was apocalyptic (see my latest post above).

I’m honestly more concerned about saltwater than fresh, and regrettably have resigned myself to the knowledge that our historic species, and their historic distribution, are toast.

Squeezed by the press of humanity, without any champion other than private groups who bemoan their loss – and can do little else, the outcome is a foregone conclusion. Green lawns > fish.

Considering how much of the world depends on fish as a staple of their diet – when the oceans are vacuumed clean, someone is going to nuke their neighbor. When populations start to starve – uncommon things happen and they’re rarely good.

Whether big trout exist in the wild will not matter when all that fallout starts heading our way.

My apologies for my opinion.

Thanks for the enlightenment.