Bring back salmon to Pa

Hey guys
I was thinking about ways we could purswade the fish commision to start stalking cohos again. Im not complaning about steelhead. But id like to see a variety of fish and when my float goes down I want to wonder not just assume steelhead. Anyone have any ideas how I might go about this. If its a lost cause Ill just take my fishen gear to New York I sapose.

Join the EPSFA (www.epsfa.com) and help with the lobbying activities.  Don't know if we'll get cohos back, but I would love to at least see browns again.
 

storm
Thanks for the info. I will join and help in any way I can.

hey 101 i think that would be awesome if they started back up the salmon program again anticipating that float going under and seeing the brassy sides and enormus kype gets the blood flowing not that steelys dont but a little variety is good but the state wants bang for the buck their reasoning i guess would be all pacific salmon die after spawning so there be it i woluld guess though maybe 10% of all steelies return to spawn again maybe more does anyone know for sure how many return to spawn again

Yokel

It is not just that they die after spawning. The lake simply can not support a significant population of Chinooks, and the return rate of Cohos was so low that they had trouble collecting brood stock. It is suspected that most Coho stocked in Penna. waters actually ran in Canadian waters. The cost per returned Coho, was well over twice that per returned Steelhead,

Tippy,
 
The next time I talk to Chuck, I will certainly discuss the possibility of increasing the stocking of Browns. I don't know about 10% though.

norm and brad just join me on a trip to lake michigan in a few weeks, all expense paid. all youll need is yourself sometime off and 3 days worth of jigs or flies. let me know Ill be up in a few days to see u to give u details. 

How does one join the PSA, I am interested?  Is it just a matter of going to their website?

Yea just google Pa Steelhead association

Correct me if i'm confused but Erie doesn't have alwive only smelt yea or nay. It seems the chinook and all species do better with the higher food value feeding on alwive. Heck, I don't even know if I'm spelling the daned thing right. Maybe the better forage food base should be pursued first.

smoothy that was what i was trying to say erie does not have a healthy population conductive to salmon growth lake ontario is loaded with alewives erie is not erie has some but not enough look at the max sizes they attain in lake ontario why ? alewives it would be like us   who is going to get bigger me eating salads all the time or you eating mc donalds same with fish smelt make up a great portion of erie salmonid diet

Tippy,
 
I honestly don't know if we send renewal notices, or not. I don't believe so, I never recieved one.
 
Inuk,
 
There is a printable application on the PSA website. You can also join at both Poor Richard's locations, or at a general meeting. Tickets for the Big Run Banquet are also available at Poor Richard's. Memberships will be available at the banquet.

All the above has hit on some aspect of stocking in lake Erie. But the skinny on fatty is the non native species act.  Thats right money, this act cut off all funding for stocking of non native fish in any such body of water.If by chance some one had a over abundance of money and said I'll grant you several million to put Salmon in lake Erie there would be salmon.

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