Did I miss some thing? Sure Salmon would be great in lake Erie! There just isn't the money available to stock them as there once was? I'm not being vindictive.

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I would personally give donate 25 dollars a yr out of my pocket as well as many other anglers i bet would do to support some type of stocking again  im all for it.....

 
Maybe the PA Fish Commision could add $5 or $10, to the price of the Erie stamp, so cohos and browns could be stocked.

Then why do they have the stamp???  Out of all the states on the south shore, PA has the least amount of shoreline and is THE most expensive to fish.  What is the Lake Erie stamp for then?  Free launches at Walnut and Northeast?  I think I'd rather go to the $5 launch fee system at Conneaut.  I always buy a PA combo for I believe $15, and how many other hundreds if not thousands of anglers do as well.  Bureaucracy at work.  Too much $$$ and not enough brains or sense of responsibility to make it work effectively.  No wonder a lot of us head to Ohio to fish most of the year.
 
 

Warning,
 
The stamp money is for the acquisition, and improvement of access. Several properties have either been outright purchased, or entered into a permanent easement program through the use of stamp monies as well as other funds.

Weren't there consistant runs of salmon in the 70's and 80's?? i wasnt alive then so i wouldnt know but if this is true, it is obvious that our lake can support them even if it is not as ideal as ontario, superio, michigan, or huron....

presquileanglr
If they cut off funding for all non native species act. How are they sotcking steelhead because steelhead are far from a native specie. Why dont the stock more palamenos like they use to or more browns. any of these would add more of a variety. I also personally know coho yokel and hes schooled to be a fisherie biologist. Ive fished with him as well I know hes a good fisherman to boot.  

Lots of interesting insight to fishery.  Who wouldn't want to catch and experience the different fights of species of fish?  From my perspectice, the problem is that you can't play fish out in many areas, because of over crowding.  Also, the crowds are what is needed to keep the fishery alive.  I hope i"m wrong.            

Never happen again, Coho were ended because of very poor returns of healthy fish. The last year the PAF&BC propagated them they got only a small number of healthy fish. The next year none.

Spoon,
     While we're at it could we add Tarpon to the list?  The Pantagonia or New Zeland Breed of Browns would be nice too.  They grow as big/bigger than a steelhead, and they are better eating.  Did I mention Lobster?  Yeah gotta have lobster.  Ocean run Atlantics would be good too... why I'm sure with the right amount of genetic engineering we could get them all to pass through the locks and back to the tribs.

PFBC is strapped for CASH. Remember the 30% cut  this year in stocking.
Tionesta hatchery no longer rearing steelhead. Millions needed in repairs.
Take it to the bank, we will never see salmon again.

    First of all, if you had paid attention to the discussion on combining the two agencies a couple years ago, and read the reports, and studies at the time. You would have seen that the costs involved, exceeded the savings, and that several programs would be lost in the process. Secondly, income, cigarette, or highway taxes/fees, have abasolutely NO bearing on PF&BC funding.  The PF&BC is funded through LICENSE sales, and recieves NO funding from general revenues. This gives them a greater level of independence, and autonomy, and makes them less succeptible to political whimsy.
 
Now to Hivue's post,
 
The reduction in TROUT stocking numbers, has nothing to with the Steelhead program, the numbers of Steelhead remain basicly unchanged. It also had nothing to do with funding, but rather a change of approach ( less, but bigger fish ) the expenditures remained the same if not increased. As for Steelhead no longer being raised in Tionesta. Again, nothing to do with funding, but rather a precautionary measure do to the threat of VHS disease.