Thought I read somewhere that there’s still an existing stocking program in the lowcountry for reds. Any other fish stocked?
Any idea on the number of fish, how often, where released, etc?
I wonder how these farm bred fish fare once they’re in the wild and if they actually become part of the breeding stock or just get caught or eaten without reproducing.
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The Waddell Mariculture facility does this, I believe. They stock thousands of striper in the Ashley alone, and also Cobia in the Broad R I believe. I’m sure Barbawang can provide the real facts. I’m pretty sure they are experimenting with stocking trout. Not sure about redfish.
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Definitely still doing redfish, Bears Bluff Fish Hatchery puts out thousands every year
Here you go. Al Stokes runs the place. They stock redfish from Bluffton north to Murrell’s Inlet. He told me that 80% of the inshore redfish we catch can be genetically traced back to release fish from Waddell. It is an important part of our fisheries.
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Originally posted by MBOGOHere you go. Al Stokes runs the place. They stock redfish from Bluffton north to Murrell’s Inlet. He told me that 80% of the inshore redfish we catch can be genetically traced back to release fish from Waddell. It is an important part of our fisheries.
http://www.dnr.sc.gov/marine/mrri/waddell/
Other than paying cops and firefighters, this is probably our second best use of government funding.
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Upper Ashley is stocked with 8" stripers every other year or so… starting to find schools of 11-13"ers doing what stripers do best - topwater blitzing bait along banks and rips. 3-4 years from now, we may have a decent fishery.
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Originally posted by OptikerThe Waddell Mariculture facility does this, I believe. They stock thousands of striper in the Ashley alone, and also Cobia in the Broad R I believe. I’m sure Barbawang can provide the real facts. I’m pretty sure they are experimenting with stocking trout. Not sure about redfish.
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Mark Davis from Big Water Adventures was also a local guide in C-Town… he did a show here last spring and fall & gave a decent talk about the local redfish population. Most are stocked and part of the breeding population… and he claimed they fight different, and hit bait differently than natural born fish in the Gulf or FL area, they are not as agressive on lures and plastics here…
i believe red drum, spotted seatrout, cobia, and stripers are the big ones.
Karl B may be along shortly…
The DNR Marine Stocking Research Program releases red drum, spotted seatrout, striped bass, and cobia into South Carolina waters. Recently, we’ve put up a new website with information on what and where we’ve released and the research we’re conducting. You can also use the site to report a tagged fish or request a DNA fin clip kit. I meant to post it here when it first went live in January, but I forgot, so thanks for the reminder Barbie! I’ll cross post this website to all the forums to ensure everyone sees it. I hope you guys find it useful.
http://www.dnr.sc.gov/marine/stocking/
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Originally posted by MBOGOHere you go. Al Stokes runs the place. They stock redfish from Bluffton north to Murrell’s Inlet. He told me that 80% of the inshore redfish we catch can be genetically traced back to release fish from Waddell. It is an important part of our fisheries.
http://www.dnr.sc.gov/marine/mrri/waddell/
Other than paying cops and firefighters, this is probably our second best use of government funding.
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Originally posted by OptikerThe Waddell Mariculture facility does this, I believe. They stock thousands of striper in the Ashley alone, and also Cobia in the Broad R I believe. I’m sure Barbawang can provide the real facts. I’m pretty sure they are experimenting with stocking trout. Not sure about redfish.
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Mark Davis from Big Water Adventures was also a local guide in C-Town… he did a show here last spring and fall & gave a decent talk about the local redfish population. Most are stocked and part of the breeding population… and he claimed they fight different, and hit bait differently than natural born fish in the Gulf or FL area, they are not as agressive on lures and plastics here…
There have been a few years where stocked red drum made up a majority of the fish in a certain year class in a certain area, but that is the exception and not the rule. Most of the time, stocking will account for 10-25% of the population in the stocking area, depending on how many stocked, size of fish stocked, and the strength of the wild year class, among other factors.
The vast majority of the red drum are stocked at 1-2" at about 30 days old. By all accounts, they behave and feed just like wild red drum and wild and stocked red drum are frequently caught out of the same school.
The website Karl posted has a ton of info on all
That Mark Davis guy is obviously not very well informed and presents the typical bias based on conjecture rather than fact. the only way to tell the difference between a stocked red drum is by genetic finger print. The broodstock used to produce them are wild and changed for every year class. They live in ponds for their first 30-60 days. Believe me if they haven’t wised up to predators before they are released they get eaten. Mr. Davis is using info from the salmonid stocking programs where juveniles are held in captivity for more than a year before release and are used to being in a raceway eating pelleted feeds. This is not what happens with redfish or even stripers in this state. As mentioned previously the DNR web site has plenty of good info on the subject.
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Sorry I’m partial to the inclusion of EMT’s and Paramedics in this group… we are often left out of the list of important first responders… as we really are the ones who could possibly bring you back from the dead… or keep you from making it there… sorry for the PSA… lol But otherwise totally agree!
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you guys are the most important IMHO, you save more limbs and lives than the other two put together…
no disrespect to the other two meant but when seconds count the cops are minutes away, they are a reactive force… usually the same can be said for fire, unless they are on a rescue mission
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