Trout Unlimited seeks help to Catalog Wild and Native Trout across North America

[media310]

View full article here: http://mtnweekly.com/sports/fishing-...-north-america

[Underoos]

needs more buzzwords

[Hugh Conway]

what a stupid fucking idea, not surprised to see the AWESOME LIVING THE DREAM BRAH SHREDS EVERYTHING BUT STILL NEEDS TO SPAM THE UNWORTHY ASSWIPES AT MESSAGEBOARDS MOUNTAINFUCKINGWEAKSAUCE IS ON IT

geotag + pictures + internet accessible = decimated fisheries by assholes. but everyone gets to feel good and help out, and all the cool media assholes and industry bros can waive their dick around about how much better they are living the dream.

[snapt]

Hugh is especially angry today. Though I would be too if I was still stuck in CA with now water left for the season I suppose.

[Hugh Conway]

instead you are in Idaho, living the fucking industry dream, clueless about things - like me, right snapt? I've hated sneering, low quality, shitty publications like mountain weakdick forever. Everyone should. they are probably beating off right now because they are so much cooler.

There are numerous scientific or popular works on trout/salmon in North America - like the Behnke book. If you give two shits about trout, it's easy to find. If you are an asshole (and if you want to fish for these and can't be bothered to get the information before, your an asshole) you don't deserve it. a bunch of fish getting gooberized and immortalized on facebook "for science" is stupid. But what do you expect from the NRA of fishing?

[Underoos]

Hugh is especially angry today.

Yeah, but he's right.

<golf clap for Hugh>

[snapt]

I am in Idaho living the industry dream that's for sure, and worked damn hard to get here. But I think I have a clue. And I 1000% agree with with the rest of that. Fringe publications and non profits don't do much good for anyone, let alone a bunch of rare trout that are better off without much pressure.

[Underoos]

I'll golf clap that one as well.

Hey snapt, I tried one of those 13.5' suppleflex leaders yesterday. Are those new? Me likey.

[snapt]

Been around for a few years, kinda niche but I like em a lot too. Handles funky current seems a bit better than most.

[Underoos]

It's my niche. I fish 14'+ leaders on the reg. Glad I found those.

[snapt]

Word, Hugh if you ever make it to Idaho give me a shout and I'll take you fishing for native trout (and invasive) and we won't tell anybody about it. Seriously.

[skifishbum]

someday after i'm a snarky 10ker i'm gonna fish or ski w/ hugh
and my tgrz dream will b fulfilled
i do as much tu voli work as anybody here
don't see it as the nra
no where near as many whackos
won't be partaking in this
and i doubt ya all wanna pony up
for team maggothttp://www.tu.org/get-involved/natio...ngle-fly-event
#no one cares that you blog bro

[ak_powder_monkey]

lets go catch the rarest fish in the world and post gps coordinates on the internet!

[steved]

+1 Hugh & AKPM...

[neckdeep]

I think this information is already available at most state's fish and game websites. Whatever your opinions about your local F&G and its policies, the biology sections of the departments are probably competent enough to conduct routine electroshock surveys and catalog the local species. Methinks it is mostly a recruitment angle to pull in new members.

[McCorduroy]

In North America, most anglers are familiar with rainbow, brown and brook trout, but how many have ever seen a Whitehorse cutthroat, Mexican golden trout or a Sacramento redband? When an angler has seen these unique fish, it is usually through a painting of a single-type specimen. But a single image can never capture the incredible diversity found even within a single subspecies. That’s why we need citizen scientists--ecological anglers--to get involved in the TU TroutBlitz. TroutBlitz is a citizen science project aimed at cataloging the rich diversity of North America’s native salmonids, including trout, steelhead, char, whitefish and salmon.

http://www.tu.org/blog-posts/tu-need...for-troutblitz

I believe the major aim is to document genetic diversity within subspecies, as well as the more obvious goals. Also, engagement of anglers on native vs wild trout. Worth noting there's an option to obscure the location of your observation to the public.

[Hugh Conway]

Methinks it is mostly a recruitment angle to pull in new members.

Or increase retention of current members. See comment betwixt ours. I'm in agreement that the F&G are generally more competent for scientific surveys than Goober McBubba or Snoots Dry McNymph. It's marketing posturing at the expense of trout

[steved]

We in Maine have a fellow Maineiac that took his playbook from the Vichy French, although I wonder if he's an instater by birth!...but it really doesn't matter..imho). He's into writing little books of How To and most importantly Where To... I have half a mind to learn his face, load up, and meet him in the parking lot in the next annual late-winter FlyFishing Show here in NewEngland. Authors like him need to be taken to court in the behalf of trout fisheries..