Are you aware that more than half of the people who fish on opening day weekend may not go fishing again the rest of the year?
These are generally the very people who are the littering slobs. How many true fisherman do you know go fishing one weekend hand it up until the following year?
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This means that the fees collected for the licenses sold to people who will fish only opening day weekend will do more to help the fisheries than the amount of damage they can do in 1 weekend
Unfortunately of all the money raised by license sales revenue does not all go to the trout program or even the DEP for that matter. It goes into a general fund and unfortunately it is regularly pillaged and spent on other interests. It is also one of the reasons ENCON is so poorly manned.
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Opening day doesn't designate when you're allowed to go fishing, it's just the beginning of the stocking season, therefore, the kids , the inexperienced, and people w/ limited access alike have a much better chance of catching fish....Have you ever tried to keep a kid under 10 years old who wasn't catching any fish interested? To be honest, I only fish trophy trout designated waters and am not in the hunt for stockies, so what happens in the more heavily stocked areas is not really of major concern
Actually opening day fish are stocked weeks before opening day. The areas used for limited access such as trout parks are stocked heavily and fish well far past opening day weekend.
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