Trout Trivia

[Scudly]

1. How many trout streams do we have in southeast MN?

2. What is the economic value statewide of trout fishing streams, of which a major portion occurs in the southeast.

3. What does SEMTAG stand for?

4. What percent of anglers are primarily bait fishermen?

5. Roughly how many anglers visit southeast MN each year and what percentage of these are non-residents?

Feel free to add more questions. Can you tell I am bored?

[grate8]

why are u always talking about bait?

[fsh4trout]

1. A lot, too many streams to fish in a lifetime, more than enough for all trout anlgers to be happy.

2. Again, a lot it's in the millions

3.Southeast minnesota trout advisory group, 2ez

4. 37%, 2ez

5.Dunno, but I'll take a shot, a lot.

[Scudly]

Questions and answers came from SEMTAG 2003 article.

1. 181 trout streams in southeast MN totaling 788 miles.

2. $50 M (2003)

3. SE MN Trout Advisory group which is made up of TU member, bait dealers, sportsman club members, and even a county judge.

4. 37% are bait anglers (2005 Snook creel survey)

5. 28,000 (2003) anglers visit southeast MN each year. Roughly one half are non-residents.

SEMTAG has a August 2003 publication you can find on the web in PDF: Strategic Plan for Coldwater Resources Management in Southeast Minnesota for 2004-2015. 35 pages it is a good read!

[Scudly]

6. What percentage of anglers are not members of an angling organization?

7. What percent of fly anglers release all fish?

8. What percent of bait anglers release all fish?

9. From 1998 - 2002 what percentage of the Minnesota fisheries annual budget was dedicated to watershed management?

10. From 1998 - 2002 what percentage of the Minnesota fisheries annual budget was dedicated to stocking?

[Scudly]

Answers:

6. 81%

7. 70%

8. 12%

9. 3%

10. 22%

[MyFishHasRabies]

Wow! 3% is dedicated to watershed management compared with 22% for stocking. That seems askew.

What exactly does watershed management mean?

How far does $1 go with stocking and how far does it go with watershed management? To me it would seem like the former would be cheaper and the latter would involve changing people's minds about what they should do with their land .

Also, this doesn't take into account the amount of watershed management the local SWCD's do. I don't know the facts on what all is done, but i know they pay for cattle producers to use buffers between cattle areas and riparian habitat.

[Scudly]

Straight from SEMTAG

Water quality and its influence on southeast Minnesota trout streams is of critical importance but has

often been difficult to address by fisheries managers due to the magnitude of landscape effects on these

parameters. Habitat and water quality problems are often a result of land use practices within a

watershed. Fisheries staff participation in watershed projects and water quality monitoring can influence

changes in land-use patterns to help provide healthy, sustainable fisheries, and improved water quality.

Providing good technical information to other organizations and agencies with a direct responsibility for

watershed management is needed to improve water quality and increase base flows. Southeast

Minnesota fisheries annual budget expenditures for watershed management during the period 1998-2002

was three percent (Figure 1). While staff and budget resources dedicated to watershed management

have been relatively limited, partnerships with other state, local, and federal agencies, and with the

public offer the opportunity to leverage important resources in land and water management. Examples of

watershed partnerships currently at work include the Wells Creek Watershed Partnership and the

Whitewater River Watershed Project.

[Arctic]

Wow! 3% is dedicated to watershed management compared with 22% for stocking. That seems askew.

You can't really manage the watershed if you don't own the land or have control over land-use.