Re: [VFB] Flooding and Stocking

[Jimmy D. Moore]

Steve, The stocked fish should be able to survive the fast water.  Just 
think of stockings in extremely swift water.  The fish survive well in 
that environment. They find nooks and crannies, boulders, holes, etc. to 
hide in.  What really hurts stocked fish is when the water temperature 
gets too high, say 75 degrees +.  That's what plays havoc with stocked 
fish.   After the 500 year flood we had on the Guadalupe River here in 
TX last Summer, the flow from the dam was shut off, with no cold water 
coming down river.  Temperatures got into the low 80's but we still had 
some trout survive by their congregating around underwater springs, etc. 
We held off on our 2003 stocking until the water cooled down into the 
high 60's.

JIMMY
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Steve Brettell wrote:

I went to one of our local rivers that had received stocking about a week ago.  The river was over its banks, and most access was blocked by the powers that be.  Either you couldn't drive near it, or the paths were blocked by police lines.  I drove as far upstream as seemed necessary, and it was the same story.  The river was really high, and really fast.

My question is, does this wash all the stocked fish out to the sea?  Are any of them 
expected to be there still, or are they in Bermuda by now?
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Steve,
In Maryland
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