Originally Posted by
Stalker Of Fish
Skinner's lack of Trout stocking is not the product of budget constraints or water levels or temperature .
The reason for last years halt of ALL Trout plants and presumably this years stocking as well is that Biologist have made another one of there wacky decisions. Because they feel another species or in this case sub-species maybe, could be threatened or "endangered' . The learned Biologist have concluded should we get inundated with torrential rain rainbow trout will spill over the dam or make their way by other means into the series of on again off again blue line creeks and ditches that lead eventually into Santa Margarita River/ watershed .
Once in the Santa Margarita the Rainbows are presumed they will seek out the five or six Steel head Trout that were seen counted or imagined God knows when and then dilute the genetic diversity between the two species. The evil Rainbows could also overwhelm the fabled Steel Head and then over compete them into nonexistence. I guess the numerous Bass in the Santa Margarita are a non-issue since the same Biologist brokered a peace treaty and all Bass have promised not to eat Steelies or their eggs and fry.
Ok, I might of taken a 'lil artistic license here and got a little silly on ya-all but in the scheme of things tell me is it any more
silly than the Skinner Reservoir spillover scenario considering it was conceived and enacted during the driest couple of years since climatic records have been kept??? This is effin ludicrous !