There will be a presentation of the 2009 Brook Trout Survey results in the Franklin County Cooperative Extension office in Farmington on April 30th at 6PM.

The final report will be available publicly after IF&W 'unveils' it at the next Wild Brook Trout Initiative Meeting in early to mid April. I should be able to send it out before our presentation on April 30th.

Thanks for welcoming me to the neighborhood.

On another note, is there a way to get an RSS feed for this forum?

Marc will also be presenting the data at our Conclave this June.

Ken

Ken - Thanks for the addition. I should also mention that I will be available to present to other groups throughout the state as well. Also, anyone can feel free to contact me to receive a copy of the final report after it has been made public in April.

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What is the nature of the survey? How did you conduct it? Did it occur to you that some brook trout may have unlisted phone numbers?

Ha ha! We employed an email survey since many of the brook trout are on-line.

But seriously, here's a little bit on the survey, which was conducted in conjunction with IF&W:

The survey was designed to gather information on brook trout anglers’ preferences for brook trout fishing experiences and regulations to help IF&W better manage the fisheries for these experiences and preferences. The information gathered will also aid fishing guides, sporting camps, and outfitters in Maine in providing quality fishing experiences, therefore sustaining their livelihoods.

To distinguish what we call ‘hard core’ brook trout anglers, only those respondents who indicated brook trout as the species most targeted were directed to brook trout specific questions.

Thirty one percent of non-resident respondents were identified as ‘hard core’ brook trout anglers as were 43% of Maine resident respondents.

Invitation emails were sent to 14,825 non-resident anglers (representing 100% of non-resident licenses purchased on-line) and 24,141 resident anglers (a random sample of 50% of all resident licenses purchased on-line) who purchase fishing licenses on-line during the 2008 calendar year. An incentive was offered to enter into a drawing to win a complete fly fishing outfit from L.L. Bean. The response rates were 31% and 25% for non-residents and residents respectively.

I had a brook trout on line once....LDR, dagnabbit.

I look forward to the results. Keep up the good work Marc.

Those are outstanding response rates for an online survey, right? Of course, most brook trout fishermen are old, single, or both, so they have plenty of time on their hands...

I'm eagerly awaiting the results.