MA has no closed season and from what I have seen and heard stocks better quality fish. The state already takes more than its share of money from the GF. I think many here are overvaluing the onetime a year opening day fisherman and their actual contribution. Doesn't the state also make tax money off hunting and fishing equipment sales? If that is the case they make way more off you, me and other avid fisherman than they do the guy who buys a WalMart Zebco combo, bobbers, hooks and a dozen worms once a year.

Hunting is a different animal, no pun intended. A season is needed to protect animals from overharvest and allow natural reproduction. Except for Pheasants, which are another stocked animal that on their seasons opening day don't stand a chance. Trout don't reproduce in any appreciable numbers so protecting some of the stoked ones for a chance to be holdovers is critical. You also really don't want weekend warrior hunters shooting deer in the summer as most assuredly the meat would spoil due to improper care after the kill.