Bronzeback Trout Info Sought By Usfws

[KirkSouthTrout]

Prompted by the announcement of the discovery of the bronzeback trout, a consortium of environmental groups has petitioned government agencies mandated to enforce the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to expedite efforts to verify the existence of the bronzeback trout and to move preemptively to preserve critical habitat areas of these fish.

At the center of the controversy is a move by Southern Trout Magazine to designate a popular game fish, the smallmouth bass, as the bronzeback trout. Fan of fishing for the bronzeback trout have overwhelmingly favored this noting that it has only been in recent times the rainbow trout was reclassified as Oncorhynchus mykiss when for over a century it was listed as Salmo irideus.

“We anticipated some raised brows at our decision to reclassify the bronzeback trout for purely editorially related reasons, but we had no idea this was such a volatile issue,” says Jeff Kirk, editor of Southern Trout Magazine. “It is especially odd when you consider that a few years back the federal government reclassified catsup from the condiment to a vegetable. Would a rose by any other name still smell as sweet?

[Fishslayer88]

???

[jdmidwest]

I saw what they did to Pluto.....

[Al Agnew]

Is that an insult to smallmouth or trout?

[jdmidwest]

I think this is another slam on the government worker at the USFWS that does not know what species is involved in the declaration.

BTW, when I was growing up, it was classified as the Yeller Bass. Walleye were Jack Salmon. Longears were Red Bellies. Then there were the Horny Head Suckers.

[id10t]

Is that an insult to smallmouth or trout?

Yes

[Feathers and Fins]

i WANT WHAT THEY ARE DRINKING.... Thats better than anything I got in college!

[whetstone]

Does this mean that I'm going to need a $700 rod and a silly hat to catch smallies now?

[jdmidwest]

My hat keeps the sunspots off my neck! And, I got a good deal on my $700 rod, it is worth every penny.