Proposed fishing regulations for 2011

[Chubminnow]

More about brook trout. Does this mean you can keep any fish under 15 inches, or only one fish over 15 inches? I have fished for brookies in colorado, in the upper peninsula of mich. where they were native, and caught a few in wisconson that were planted in lake michigan, never caught one 15 inches long.

The commission recommended a daily creel limit of one fish over 15 inches on brook trout in this section of the Cumberland River. The daily creel limit is what you can keep.

I also believe in due time you'll get your shot at a Brook Trout over 15" in length from the CR.

[BurleyDog]

Brook trout get huge in Maine and Canada. They think that they may be native to Ky so thats probably why they want to introduce them.

sound like striper food to me

Are they still going to put triploid rainbows in the CR?

[Tim_T]

Okay guys, here is the scoop on the brook trout. This is the same species that grows to five pounds and bigger in the tailwaters of Missouri and Arkansas, that are being stocked here. They are looking to make it a trophy fishery. With the food sources in the Cumberland this should help growth rates.

The triplods will be stocked as well. These are the Arlee strain of rainbow. It is a sterile fish that uses energy normally reserved for reproduction for tissue development. All of these stockings will happen next Spring.

[RICHYD4U]

Okay guys, here is the scoop on the brook trout. This is the same species that grows to five pounds and bigger in the tailwaters of Missouri and Arkansas, that are being stocked here. They are looking to make it a trophy fishery. With the food sources in the Cumberland this should help growth rates.

The triplods will be stocked as well. These are the Arlee strain of rainbow. It is a sterile fish that uses energy normally reserved for reproduction for tissue development. All of these stockings will happen next Spring.

You are right about the Brookies, they can grow into the double digits if the conditions are right. I just hope that the water conditions at the time of the planting, have improved dramatically from where they are at right now. Brookies are great fighters, but do require clean, cold water. I think they ought to focus more on the browns, being that they are a more resilant trout species and can tolerate lower oxygenated waters. The Triplod Bows are another great idea. With them being sterile and focusing all their energy on growing, they can truly become GIANTS! I would say limit CR trout stockings to soley Browns and Triplods IMHO.

-Rich