Rollin', rollin', rollin'...

[bdowning]

They've started stocking trout locally, as I saw the telltale signs of hatchery trout trying to acclimate to their new environment. Now if I can only get time to fish :rolleyes: .

-bd

[striperboyz]

They've started stocking trout locally, as I saw the telltale signs of hatchery trout trying to acclimate to their new environment. Now if I can only get time to fish :rolleyes: .

-bd

hahaha, thats when the powerbait guys kill'em, yum, smelly orange putty.....oh stockies

[striperboyz]

oh stockies

that reminds me of when I was little, my father would refer to the trout we caught as stockies, I thought they were related to brookies or something for the longest time....

[silverado mike]

They've started stocking trout locally, as I saw the telltale signs of hatchery trout trying to acclimate to their new environment. Now if I can only get time to fish :rolleyes: .

-bd

where are you down on the south shore?
I can't wait till they stock up here in the metrowest areas.. --127-3-

[bdowning]

Check your PM ;) .

-bd

where are you down on the south shore?
I can't wait till they stock up here in the metrowest areas.. --127-3-

[Mark Cahill]

http://www.newenglandgameandfish.com/ng_aa033304a/

Nothing earth shattering...just the 2004 Trout Outlook.

I think it's close to time to help my daughters get their first trout.

[SamRiley]

What about our no show Salmon?

[bdowning]

Although I haven't heard anything official, I think they will dump in the remainder of the broodstock salmon during trout stocking runs this spring.

-bd

[BobG]

...that the PCB, mercury laden brood salmon have been secretly spirited away to Iraq.
Once there, our CIA will then discover them, and their WMD's! ;)

[Pauper Piscator]

Don't be naive. The WMDs are in Syria. Same place as the culprit who murdered OJ's wife.

The report from Worcester North is: Still Frozen Solid. Still snow on the ground. Guys ice fishing this morning in Central Worcester.

The south shore is for wimps.

[notime]

I checked the site and it was updated earlier this week but doesn't say anything about having done any stocking. Am I being naive in thinking that they should post the information once they start stocking? Anyone know the metrowest schedule?

[striperboyz]

...that the PCB, mercury laden brood salmon have been secretly spirited away to Iraq.
Once there, our CIA will then discover them, and their WMD's! ;)

The Inter-Continental Salmonid Defense Program (ICSDP) is going to be one of Bush’s big campaign strategies this coming summer.

Kerry is purposing a similar program in hopes of winning some conservative votes in the south with the Trans-Continental Bass Alliance Signaling System (TCB.A.S.S) Affectionately termed "C-Bass" by the late Strom Thurmond, ESPN Outdoors will have up to date coverage every Saturday and Sunday morning with Jerry McKinnis live in Iraq, Algeria, Syria, and N. Korea.

[Slappy]

I've got my eye out for the carp stocking truck in my neighborhood.

Oh wait, wrong website....

[bdowning]

In the past, they've put the week's stocking info on the website every Friday. So it will probably get posted tomorrow.

-bd

I checked the site and it was updated earlier this week but doesn't say anything about having done any stocking. Am I being naive in thinking that they should post the information once they start stocking? Anyone know the metrowest schedule?

[Mark Cahill]

The policy has always been that they post to the website on Friday after they have finished stocking for the week. They don't want a line of guys waiting for them at each stop...

Actually quite a fair policy, in my estimation.

[notime]

Ahh. Once a week update makes sense. Thanks for the help.

[Grimace]

From the Mass-Wildlife newsletter

2004 SPRING TROUT ALLOCATIONS

Bay State anglers can look forward to 505,000 feisty brook, brown, rainbow and tiger trout being stocked this spring according to figures released by MassWildlife. “We’ll be putting out more than 238,300 rainbow trout averaging over a foot long,” observes Chief Fish Culturist Dr. Ken Simmons. “They’ll be distributed statewide throughout the stocking season by our five regional Wildlife District offices.” 47,500 brown trout in the 12-inch class will be stocked along with 38,000 browns in the over 9 inch range and 35,000 in the 6-9 inch range . The larger water bodies will receive the larger fish with the smaller brooks and streams receiving the younger fish. Brook trout will be stocked in a similar fashion with 30,400 fish measuring a foot or better, 81,400 greater than 9 inches and 5,000 in the 6 – 9 inch class.

Anglers can also anticipate trying to tame some of the 4,800 tiger trout to be released, all topping the 14 inch mark. These handsome fish, a cross between a female brown trout and a male brook trout, have become popular with folks lucky enough to land one. Finally, about 600 brook, brown and rainbow trout will hit the water already measuring more than 18 inches. These trophies, along with the rest of the fish produced at MassWildlife hatcheries, will be stocked beginning when snow and mud conditions abate, allowing the 2-ton District tank trucks access to the waterways. Trout stocking activities will be underway by the end of March with the Southeast District area to be stocked first. Once trout stocking begins, weekly reports will be on the front page of the MassWildlife website. (www.MassWildlife.org) You may also call the nearest District office: Western 413/447-9789; Valley 413/323-7632; Central 508/835-3607; Northeast 978/263-4347 or Southeast 508/759-3406. And don’t forget to Take A Kid Fishing!