Brook Trout Research, Penn State Edition - Wooly Bugged

[@NickAndCaroline]

Glad you’re back with a video such as this! Been wishing for your return!

[@WoolyBugged]

I’m back!

[@josephmarietta4135]

Great video Mike! Always happy to see conservation of such a beautiful fish being promoted. Glad to see my favorite KZbin channel back.

[@WoolyBugged]

Thank you Joe, your comment means a lot. Thanks for watching and supporting the channel.

[@bdickinson6751]

First off, glad to see you back Mike. Was concerned that you weren't well or something happened to you. Way too kick off the first video for a long time. Good luck to the PSU research team. I'm sure once word gets out to the fishing community, they will get more feedback than they can handle. Will sign up asap as well. Thanks again, take care, and don't be a stranger. God bless! 👍👊🏼🇺🇸

[@WoolyBugged]

Thank you sir, I appreciate your nice comment. Thanks for participating and for watching the channel too.

[@toddrobinson8852]

First of all, great to have you back Mike!!! I love what you do in that you showcase world-class fisheries in a part of the country I grew up in, which makes this very personal. I used to fish native brookies in Wyoming county specifically. You are an active participant in brook trout conservation as you buy a fishing license, and a ton of fishing gear, and go fishing. Our license dollars together with Dingell-Johnson federal excise taxes on fishing gear, often pay for research such as this. My only hope is that this research has angler's best interests and angling's future as top priorities.

[@WoolyBugged]

Great thoughts Todd, thanks for commenting. And thanks for the best wishes.

[@toddrobinson8852]

You're welcome Mike. I've been in wild places all over this country and the most beautiful places I've been have been way up those native brook trout drainages in NE PA.

[@ryanfreeley423]

Great video! Shoutout to Eamonn and the rest of the penn state fly fishing club!

[@WoolyBugged]

They are a good crew and Eamonn is a great guy!

[@ryanfreeley423]

That they are!

[@dylanhay3884]

I couldn't believe it when I saw this video. Thanks so much for uploading again. I missed all of ur great content. I cant wait to get back out to the creeks.

[@WoolyBugged]

I will be posting this year. Thanks for saying hello Dylan!

[@MarzThe7]

Amazing effort! Excellent work from you and the research team at Penn State!

[@WoolyBugged]

Thank you! They are doing great things there at PSU.

[@ianjones6910]

Where I fish in the Smokies, I see a great variation in color, shape, etc from stream to stream, and sometimes in different sections of the same stream. These brook trout are in the range of the Southern Appalachian Brook Trout - anything south and west of the New River drainage; however, due to stockings from hatcheries, etc, it can be hard to determine just how "pure" these trout are - most are probably some combination of "Northern" strain from the hatcheries and native "Southern". The general difference is, the Southern strain tends to be smaller and more colorful, and especially adapted to the flood/drought cycles.

[@WoolyBugged]

Thank you for sharing Ian.

[@dynamo2169]

As a resident of Maine this subject hits close to home! Glad you're back!

[@WoolyBugged]

Thank you sir, I wanna get up to Maine this summer of Covid situation allows.

[@sirbigbeard6177]

@@WoolyBugged let me know if you need a guide, smallmouth or trout! He’s a good friend.

[@hillbillysportsman5818]

Good to see you back! We love our southern Appalachian brook trout down here in the south.

[@matthewjasinski5636]

Thank you for posting this! Glad to see such important work being done by Penn State!

[@WoolyBugged]

They do some good work up there!

[@colegeiger7104]

Brookies are my favorite to fish for! I’ll be sure to get on this. Nothing better then a brookie smacking a dry fly. What an awesome thing they’re doing !

[@WoolyBugged]

I agree Cole, thanks for participating!

[@collinlisowski5523]

Fantastic initiative to support. Well done, Mike. I just ordered my cards and am really looking forward to participating in data collection this year. Here's hoping the precipitation continues and the small streams see much better flows this spring/summer.

[@WoolyBugged]

Thanks Collin, I appreciate you helping out.

[@tightliningmd]

Really enjoyed the knowledge piece of this. I need to fish for brookies more often. Going to allocate a whole month to it this year. But this is very inspiring to see how people are looking to research, gather info, and act. Love to see this. Thanks for sharing Mike!

[@WoolyBugged]

If you're gonna come up and focus on the brookies, let me know and we will collaborate on a video.

[@fishyintentions4305]

Come to Philly PA and I'll take you out to a few gems Tight Lining MD

[@daltonbubb8911]

Thanks for sharing! Always love learning about our wild trout

[@WoolyBugged]

Thanks Dalton, me too.

[@jonathanfuddy1725]

Nice work Mike! Nice to see you supporting the work of our fellow Penn State alumni! Such a worthwhile project. Curious to hear the findings of the study

[@WoolyBugged]

Thanks Jon, we gotta get back up north in May and catch some rookies!

[@ronaldbowser3287]

Excellent, glad to see the study being done!

[@WoolyBugged]

Yes, it's a good thing. Thanks Ron.

[@canadiangemstones7636]

An excellent and interesting study of the prettiest fish in freshwater!

[@WoolyBugged]

Many thanks!

[@balor7]

Great job guys! Good luck Sara.

[@WoolyBugged]

Thank you!

[@WhiteDogTrailCompany]

This is awesome Mike! First of all, good to see a video of yours.. Second, Thank you for helping with a project like this. I fish in NY and VT... would be cool if we had something like this here as well! Tight lines man!

[@WoolyBugged]

Hey buddy, what's up, just catching up on comments here. Thank you, how are you doing. I watched a video of yours a couple weeks back. You are doing some cool stuff man! Maybe I'll see you in NY this year! Take care, hope you're well.

[@WhiteDogTrailCompany]

@@WoolyBugged Hey Mike... things are definitely good.. everything up this way is frozen so I pretty much ice fish this time of year. But I'm itching for some stream action! If you come up this way definitely let me know! I've got lots of great small streams!

[@zenbooter]

Hello Mike good to hear from you again, Thank you Sarah, Devon, Nate, for the education it’s where all the fun begins.

[@WoolyBugged]

You bet!

[@JuanMoreFish]

Great video.... filled out the form to get a card. The feeding tendency hypothesis actually has application for the angler. Side note....I work in the Business Building next to the building you visited.

[@WoolyBugged]

That’s great Juan, thanks for saying hi!

[@scottrick5190]

Interesting vid Mike, thanks for posting...glad you're back!

[@WoolyBugged]

Thank you for that Scott, glad to be back.

[@bahamajim1998]

FAVORITE fishing channel . This was so interesting...!!

[@WoolyBugged]

Wow, thanks!

[@nickslear9298]

So glad your back, the waiting has paid off!!!!!

[@WoolyBugged]

Thanks Jenn, I have some good things coming this year.

[@gordiejones2039]

Glad you’re back! You made me feel sad though, it reminded me of my canceled trip to Nipigon Ontario for monster Brookies! Last September.

[@coletanner1577]

Glad to see you’re back, really enjoyed the content of this video!

[@WoolyBugged]

Thanks Cole!

[@dougperrett332]

Thanks for the video. This project is critical for our brookies.

[@WoolyBugged]

I agree Doug, I’d like to see them thrive.

[@cjholm]

Yes! Glad you're back!! Missed your videos.

[@WoolyBugged]

Glad to be back Chris, thanks for the note.

[@riffsandwich9541]

Guess who’s back? Back again. Wooly’s back. Tell a friend. This is cool. I’m gonna sign up for a card today.

[@WoolyBugged]

I feel this! Thanks for helping out Riff.

[@MikeSmith-up2px]

What a worthy endeavor. Great to see you back on the tube Mike. Tight lines.

[@WoolyBugged]

Thanks Mike, I haven’t been on social media much over the past 6 months. How have you been?

[@MikeSmith-up2px]

@@WoolyBugged Been well. Hoping the weather will break so I can chase some trout. Keep safe and tight lines.

[@frankwilliams5475]

I just signed up for the Gray Cards. I do use Survey123 on other projects.

[@WoolyBugged]

Glad you are familiar Frank! Thanks for helping.

[@stuartperlmutter1794]

Missed your videos. Glad you’re back

[@WoolyBugged]

Thank you Stuart.

[@tomvanorden2017]

Great program for native brookies!! WE ARE!!!!

[@WoolyBugged]

We are!

[@toddrobinson8852]

PENN STATE!!!!!!!!!!

[@sergiofly78]

Great to have you back Brother!!

[@WoolyBugged]

Thanks Sergio!

[@DAVIDDAMIENR]

THIS IS GREAT THANK YOU for sharing !!!!

[@DrBetelgeuse]

Very nice, I've already put in for some cards here in central Pennsylvania

[@WoolyBugged]

Thank you sir! I’m very interested to see what they discover.

[@DrBetelgeuse]

@@WoolyBugged so am I. Will there be a follow up video on what they gather or is there a page of there's I can follow?

[@MrJimbo1212]

great info... just ordered our grey cards!

[@WoolyBugged]

Awesome! Thank you for participating.

[@dougroberts4535]

This was a great video, Mike! Really interesting. I'll definitely be ordering my card!

[@WoolyBugged]

Thanks Doug, I appreciate it. How are things? We've got to try and get together this spring or summer like we keep saying we will do.

[@emhankinson]

Awesome stuff!

[@paulsnyder681]

I will take part in this cool study.

[@WoolyBugged]

Thanks Paul, I appreciate your support as always! We are gonna make that fishing trip happen this year.

[@PointHoops]

This is awesome! I will contribute.

[@WoolyBugged]

Thank you Scott, greatly appreciated!

[@noseymosey1556]

that was a cool video! upload some more fishing videos brother, always enjoyed watching your videos!

[@WoolyBugged]

More to come!

[@skipperruhl1430]

Welcome BACK !! Gene will want to be in on this

[@WoolyBugged]

Yes!!!

[@ButlerOutdoorsNY]

Hey, I’m wondering what your preferred rod for the little creeks, I notice you tend to use the heavier line weights. What’s your reasoning for it? I fish the feeder creeks for little brookies also and I use 1-3 wt 2 being my preferred.

[@WoolyBugged]

For me, it depends on the size of the stream. For very small wild brook trout streams, I'll go with a 6'-7' in the 2/3wt range. However, I've found for a majority of the wild brook trout streams here in a Pennsylvania, I've found a 8' rod in the 3/4wt range to be the most effective. This length gives me more reach for nymphing and for throwing longer casts. Most folks are surprised how far you can cast on smaller mountain streams.

[@Chris.A.133]

Woah !!!!!! This is awesome

[@WoolyBugged]

Thanks Chris

[@andrewwebster13]

I got one from the southern tier in New York State you need to see...polkadot madness. I will send a pic along with a description of the conditions and the exact creek location. I swear trout are chameleons...

[@chrisribble]

I'm so excited to do this

[@WoolyBugged]

Thanks for your help Chris.

[@patricksmith7839]

Great video

[@WoolyBugged]

Thanks Patrick!

[@fishbelly789]

👍😎

[@WoolyBugged]

Thanks Marcus!

[@flyguymike5247]

Mike, a couple things regarding this study. How long are they accepting photos for the project? Also you may want to reach out to these guys, Allegheny Native they have a KZbin account and they fish all around PA, like you do. I would help, but I live in VA. Cheers, Mike

[@gordonlefkowitz7113]

How do you find some the backwoods brookies streams that you fish in your videos.

[@WoolyBugged]

Gordon, if you visit the PA Fish & Boat Commission's website, they offer a map of all the streams in PA that hold reproductive populations of wild trout. The map gives you no guarantees of great fishing, but is a place to start. Some streams turn over populations depending on annual conditions, some consistently fish well, but the only way you can find out is by getting out and exploring. There are a variety of factors that an increase your chances, for example focusing on parts of the state where water quality is generally much higher, like areas in the northern tier. Here is a link to the map: pfbc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=65a89f6592234019bdc5f095eaf5c6ac

[@jimreed3904]

just checking in Wooly Bugged.. any results or analysis from the study? It was fun being a part of this one..

[@WoolyBugged]

Jim, the most recent updates I was given were posted here: sites.psu.edu/troutstudy/current-findings/

[@WoolyBugged]

Thanks for participating!

[@jimreed3904]

@@WoolyBugged Thanks Mike!. Hope all is well in your world.

[@trout_of_mind5419]

Is this only for the Pennsylvania area? Or could it be in other state in the east coast?

[@WoolyBugged]

I believe participants from other states are welcome!

[@WoolyBugged]

I’d recommend reaching out to Sara, her email is in the video description.

[@Dogfish63]

I don't have a smartphone. Any way I can use a digital camera and send the pic and info via email? Thanks

[@OutdoorsAllie]

Sign me up!!

[@WoolyBugged]

Thanks for the interest Allie, really appreciate it! Hope you are well! I enjoy your videos.

[@deansimpson3231]

Is the app available for iphones

[@WoolyBugged]

Yes, I believe so.

[@glenndotter5021]

Good video Mask out fishing is a bit much though

[@WoolyBugged]

Yep, I know, but they were abiding by policy.

[@skaterhk213]

Brooke trout differ in the same stream let alone eastern North America

[@drsin6856]

Challenge accepted

[@WoolyBugged]

Thank you for helping!

[@vincenzovicoli8006]

Any new videos coming up?

[@WoolyBugged]

Just released one on Sunday!

[@straubdavid9]

02:55 - 03:30 .... one is female. the other male with the difference in head shape?

[@mattb3283]

What's with the mask out in the woods

[@WoolyBugged]

University requirement.

[@drsin6856]

Note are you sure these people know what they are doing? They have masks on outside in the woods?????????????????????????????????????

[@WoolyBugged]

Dr. Sin, this is called following policy. If they didn't wear the mask, we may not have been able to bring this video to the fishing community. At the end of the day, not that big of deal.