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Section 1 of this report shows DEC stocking levels of domestic rainbow trout and steelhead in Lake Ontario and explains strain differences. https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/fish_marine_pdf/2021ontarioreport.pdf Skamania Steelhead were last stocked in 2021, then discontinued. Domestic Rainbow were last stocked in 2019, then discontinued in Lake Ontario. Gambler is right- a rainbow is a rainbow for regulation purposes and harvest of all are limited to 25 inches in Lake Ontario streams downstream of designated locations that are spelled out in the 2023 regulations book.

minimum size for rainbow trout is 25 inches in most lake Ontario tributaries now. https://www.dec.ny.gov/things-to-do/freshwater-fishing/regulations/great-lakes-tributaries

Hatchery worker comment... I hope you are joking... Otherwise that's ridiculous.and insulting to the people who work hard to bring us the fish that we all enjoy.. I've been to the hatchery many times and literally, they have to individually sort every fish in the ladder. If they are there, they handle them, every one of them... one way or another.

That's not a blacknose dace.This link shows one If.you want an ID take it to your local DEC regional headquarters and get an ID from a biologist. Identification of minnows from a picture is difficult at best even if you take a good picture and know the characteristics. Maybe this is what you are getting at Goldfresh and you want to be responsible, but If you don't know what it is, DO NOT sell it. Below are the allowable baits for purchase in NY. Collection, transport and sale (and use) of an unidentified bait from Maine sounds risky and may.be illegal. https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/fish_marine_pdf/fishguide.pdf From the regs guide... Greenlist Golden shiner • Emerald shiner • Common shiner • Spottail shiner • Banded killifsh • Fathead minnow • Bluntnose minnow • Eastern silvery minnow • Northern redbelly dace • Stonecat • Tadpole madtom Blacknose dace • Longnose dace • White sucker • Northern hogsucker • Creek chub • Fallfsh • Logperch • Margined madtom • Brindled madtom

.. According to DEC reports, effort in Tribs and Lake are about equal.. https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/fish_marine_pdf/2019lakeontannualrep.pdf https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/fish_marine_pdf/lorpt16.pdf Lake Angler Hours last ten years Apr-Sep: 905,357 898,339 848,905 937,822 980,409 879,681 787,588 709,638, 922,527 820,695 All NY Lake Ontario Tributary Angler Hours including the Salmon River (Sep-May) 2005-6 2006-7 2011-12 2015-16 1,001,990 913,646 1,582,428 989,437 In 2018-2019, Salmon River Sept-May: 840,258 angler hours, 2nd highest ever. Seems eveyone has an equal stake.

Check sections 3 of the 2015 and 2016 DEC reports for that info. https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/27068.html DEC tagged each port differently and tracked the straying back to the Salmon River hatchery and found low straying from other sites to the Salmon river or hatchery. They also looked at tags to track the source of what is caught at ports through the year and in streams in the fall.. Most strays went to streams nearby where they were stocked.

Coho vs Atlantic. Coho has a black tongue and grey gums Atlantics tongue is light colored Coho has spots on upper lobe of.tail Atlantic.does not have spots on tail Coho has more rays in the anal fin >12-15 and Atlantic has 9-10 Browns also have 9-10 rays but they have a square tail vs Atlantic slightly forked. Browns have thick caudal peduncle, and 2 rows of teeth on the roof of mouth vs Atlantic have one. Steelhead have horizontal rows of small spots on both lobes of tail and a white mouth.