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Originally Posted by Mike Anderson
How much fish does $18 buy you at Kroger?? I'd say anyone could get their money's worth pretty easily and if not it's nobody's fault but their own... It's a Trout Stamp not a food stamp.
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That's not the point. Besides, you can't find wild caught trout at Kroger. Only farm raised. What is it about trout that makes them so holy to some people? What's the difference if I take home a few small browns or they get eaten by a striper? The difference is that I came home last night with no trout in my cooler but you can bet with 100% certainty that several (more like several dozen) small brownies got demolished by stripers last night. They still get restocked by the hundreds and plenty of those will grow to the 20+ inch range. People are so sensitive about these fish and that's what influenced TWRA to keep these ridiculous regs on brown trout. Sure, they're beautiful fish and the Caney is a beautiful river, but I still believe that since the browns are evidently coming back strong, we should be able to keep a few.