the PA Fish Commission's trout stocking program
aka- The bald eagle feeding frenzy program
trout season starts in PA the middle of April, and for about a month before-and a few weeks after the start, the state puts thousands of hatchery raised trout into 'approved waters 'all around the state
the goal is to have every person who buys a trout stamp for their fishing license to get at least 4 trout each (the daily limit is 7 I believe). they want happy customers after all
but so many people who go trout fishing at the beginning of the season are just very,very lazy. they basically want to fish from their car window!!
they do not want to walk anywhere or god forbid, hike into the hills where they can catch native brook trout.
so, the state puts fish into the water near easy access points; by bridges and parks, in town and out of town.
So, by this time, hundreds of trout have come downstream. being used to being fed fish feed pellets, they stay in the still water pools of the river near the surface awaiting feeding time
but it is they who are the feed for the eagles! the birds swoop up and down nearly all day long--easy pickings of trout att he surface. dumb trout
the frenzy is like Stukas raking the beach at Dunkirk.
govt is dumb for spending money on all of these trout; the ppl who fish for these trout are lazy, and the eagles are the only smart ones who are fat and happy this time ,every year
