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Old 03-27-2014, 07:01 PM   #1
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trout stocking?

Can anyone tell me if they know when the stocking will start in the Marshfield area it doesn't say on the mass wildlife website thanks

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Old 03-28-2014, 12:56 PM   #2
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won't post until a week after they do so, and probably not until sometime in April. Wonder what the stocking numbers will be this year since they are no longer doing the salmon thing any longer?

Somehow I think we'll probably see fewer fish being stocked, but that's just the pessimist in me peeking out!

Personally I don't really care when they stock so that when I do decide to try, they fish eill have had a chance to acclimate themselves to the waters.

No offense, but we go through this every year, with the stalkers whatching and waiting for the stocking trucks to dump so they can load up on more than their limit of "cardboard" flavored trout.

Catching stocked trout right off the truck is truly like shooting fish in a barrel. Where's the sport in that???

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Old 03-28-2014, 02:38 PM   #3
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Ask RoyL, he seems to know.
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Old 03-28-2014, 07:09 PM   #4
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Looks like they stocked in the Cape and Central/ Worcester areas so should be in the next week or two...
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Old 03-29-2014, 05:53 AM   #5
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Rivers are First

BY Now, in my AREA of the wachusett RES
they would have already dumped them in
but it's still covered in ICE keeping
spring temps much lower than normal
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Old 03-29-2014, 09:56 AM   #6
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Take a look at the Division of Fisheries site. They stocked many of the ponds in the southeast district this week. They typically update their activities every Friday.

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Found a slow bite on the Cape today. Yesterday was reportedly better.
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No offense, but we go through this every year, with the stalkers whatching and waiting for the stocking trucks to dump so they can load up on more than their limit of "cardboard" flavored trout.

Catching stocked trout right off the truck is truly like shooting fish in a barrel. Where's the sport in that???
have a friend who's 67 years old and has been doing just what you said for 50 years. Seems to think he's the "MAN" because he catches his limit of hatchery trout following the stocking truck.

No boat, back in the suds.
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down yonder we have to wait until the first saturday of april
for trout season to open

not even ICE OUT yet
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Catching stocked trout right off the truck is truly like shooting fish in a barrel. Where's the sport in that???
After weeks of sparse nighttime plugging following a phone call to a daylight canal blitz of #30 fish feels good.

After months of cold and dreary drudgery, standing in a pond and catching a 15" fish feels good.

Neither is a test of anyone's skill as a fisherman. Sometimes, though, it is fun just to catch fish. Sport can always wait for another day.
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After weeks of sparse nighttime plugging following a phone call to a daylight canal blitz of #30 fish feels good.

After months of cold and dreary drudgery, standing in a pond and catching a 15" fish feels good.

Neither is a test of anyone's skill as a fisherman. Sometimes, though, it is fun just to catch fish. Sport can always wait for another day.
As always, the voice of reason. Good point!

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Old 03-31-2014, 10:09 AM   #14
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yeah and the article in OTW this month said that the stockies are tastier right out of the hatchery... so there ya go!
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Old 03-31-2014, 01:12 PM   #15
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yeah and the article in OTW this month said that the stockies are tastier right out of the hatchery... so there ya go!
Must be feeding them lemon-butter pellets or garlic-butter flakes

I still like to wait at least a week to give the fish a chance to acclimate a little and have a chance to feed on REAL fish food before catching one.

What surprises me is that the vast majority of trout that are caught and eaten are farm raised hatchery fish. I doubt anyone has had the chance to eat a trout in all it's natural glory. When you see a trout fillet that is a light pink instead of a rosey red, imagine just what flavors you are missing out on?

Just an observation...

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After months of cold and dreary drudgery, standing in a pond and catching a 15" fish feels good.
yea, its been nicer than usual getting outside and bending the rod after that unholy off-season
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