Thoughts on Lost Trout

It sucks that the water is frozen now, I had a great sampling idea.

Basicly I was thinking of the long extinct silver trout of dublin lake. Searches on the lake have been unable to find it since it was declared gone and the lake is a popular enough trout fishing spot that if it was their someone would find it. But I got to thinking, could signs of this fish (either small populations or brook trout who interbred with them and have silver traits) exist in the inlet of outlet streams? I sort of doubt it but really want to check just to make sure. Sadly the strrams are mostly frozen that i have seen.

The other thought I had was the sunapee trout. I looked up the (sub?)species in Maine where it still exists in one or two ponds and was shocked to see it wasn't protected. The same rules to harvest it exist as their is for brook trout. Same is true for the other variety of the (sub)species the blueback which is found in a handful of ponds. Shouldn't a fish so reduced in range get some kind of special protection? Oh well, I guess any cold water NANFA fans have a fish they can grab now before it disappears. If only I had a chiller.

For a managed game fish, protection doesn't have to mean no harvest. In some cases a managed fishery might be the best way to preserve a rare species, if it generates revenue for land acquisition, research and management, plus public suppport. It all depends on the reproductive potential of the critter in question and security/threats to the habitat. If you're talking about Sunapee trout placed in ponds outside their native range, then the "saving biodiversity" argument may still be relevant but there's not much of the "saving natural ecosystems" argument left to argue.

The other thought I had was the sunapee trout. I looked up the (sub?)species in Maine where it still exists in one or two ponds and was shocked to see it wasn't protected. The same rules to harvest it exist as their is for brook trout. Same is true for the other variety of the (sub)species the blueback which is found in a handful of ponds. Shouldn't a fish so reduced in range get some kind of special protection? Oh well, I guess any cold water NANFA fans have a fish they can grab now before it disappears. If only I had a chiller.

I'm not familiar with the status of the trout in question but in general, F&G earns its pay by taking care of the angler. Anglers don't want to worry about rare species, the want to fill their freezers.
The other consideration is game wardens can't be bothered to make the fine distinctions between similar looking species/subspecies. They'd have ban fishing altogether in the lakes in question. That would go over like a f___ in church.

I believe Sunapee trout were stocked into Idaho as a game species