Finsylvania is a podcast dedicated to covering the state of fisheries management, conservation, and related topics. There are action alerts in many episodes to drive stakeholder engagement with elected officials, members of the media, and fish managers. The goal is to educate the public on important fisheries management issues and get them engaged to make change that benefits wild native fish! Tune in, take action, and lets improve fisheries management!
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Bad News for PA Stream Acces: Mike Evanko Interview
Pennsylvania Stream Access Update with Mike Evanko: A sad year in review. Last Fall Mike Evanko and I were getting anecdotal reports from anglers all over the state of stream access being loat to posting. Cherished and historic streams rich in the fishing history of our state and this country are having large sections poated where it is no llnger legal to fish. As always Mike and I disclose we are NOT blaming landowners for posting their private land. Instead we take a critical look at the factors behind why Fish and Boat has ignored public stream access easements for so long. We have Data this year folks, and it doesn’t paint a good picture for the future of this sport. The amount of miles of stream access we lose every year in PA vastly exceeds the tiny amounts added every few years(mostly in Erie). We are in a full on access crisis. Fishing opportunity shrinks, private pay for play trout clubs swoop in like vultures to capitalize off scarcity of access, and all the state can do is waste money on hatchery fish many don’t want instead of spent on access. Folks, we are watching the slow death of our sport. If you think thats hyperbolic or sensationalist then consider the following. You can’t sustain huge net loses of stream access every year in perpetuity. There is no arguing that is happening state wide. Tune in, learn what’s happening, and use the below resources to fight for stream access by advocating to policymakers and the media for more coverage. We also list off some of the noteable postings across the state as well as speculate about politicians motives for not intervening for years despite getting hundreds of E-mails. ROADLESS RULE! CALL, E-MAIL, AND GET YOUR FRIENDS TO DO SO!!!Do both if these we need it! Call the Capital Switch Board and say your zip code to talk to YOUR elected official about protecting the roadles rule! (202) 224-3121TU comment portal- https://www.tu.org/roadless-areas-defending-americas-sporting-lands/#take-actionAMENDMENT 2 to reduce menheden harvest, protect striped bass, and protect native brook trout from menheden fed stocked trout!! Comment here! Comments@Asmfc.orgCopy and paste this address list and write your e-mail advocating for public stream access over stocking on wild trout!!Senator Rothman-grothman@pasen.govJosh Shapiro- governor@pa.gov Kulik-Astorino- RepKulik@pahouse.netPenn Live- tbonner@pennlive.comPhilly Inquirer-jnark@inquirer.comPittsburgh Post Gazette- swischnowski@post-gazette.com NPR- news@witf.org asia_tabb@witf.orgDark Skies Fly Fishing Magazine- Less than a cup of coffee per issue!! Check out my Column “Fly Fishing After Dark” for all things night fishing!! Also check out Mike Evanko’s Writings on a number of fishing topics! https://darkskiesflyfishing.com/product/1-year-digital-subscription/?srsltid=AU7gw4WbXY7p-pVdhM3V0qlleivk5db4XfW8ru3J3oQRDQvwaenrsecAStatements and views on The Finsylvania Podcast are the personal views and best understandings of myself abd guests. These statements and views do not represent any employers, they are the very ownnof the private citizens on the podcast. We are speaking to our best recollection and understanding. Thus statements are not meant to be used as legal fact and should not be interpreted as suchPA fishing licensesPennsylvania fish and boat commissionPA trout stocking schedulebest fishing spots in PALake Erie fishing PARaystown Lake fishingPymatuning Reservoir fishingLake Wallenpaupack fishingSusquehanna River smallmouth fishingAllegheny River fishingtrout fishing Pennsylvaniasmallmouth bass fishing PAwalleye fishing PA lakesmuskie fishing Pennsylvaniacatfish fishing PAstriper fishing in PAcrappie fishing Pennsylvaniaperch fishing Lake Eriesteelhead fishing PA tributarieshybrid striped bass PAPA fishing regulations 2026trout streams near me PAfly fishing guides PennsylvaniaPA trout limitsice fishing Pennsylvaniaboat registration PAfish identification PAbass tournaments Pennsylvanialocal bait and tackle shops PAka
12 Sept 2026
PA Fish & Broke: Trout Hatcheries in “Financial Crisis”
PA Fish & Broke: WMI report suggests hunters pay for bailiut of trout hatcheriesIn this episode fellow PA Wild Trout Coalition board member Philip Light and I talk about multiple media outlets like Penn Live and Go Erie breaking the story that PA Fish and Boat is in “Financial Crisis.” This was prompted by a report from the WMI(Wild Life Management Institute) projecting Pennsylvania Fish and Boat commission be insolvent before 2034. The report also (falsely)claims the game commission is in trouble financially and will be tapping into its reserves. However, we discuss why thats not really true and what critical revenue sources were omitted from the WMI’s representation of the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s fiscal health. There were several concerning aspects of the WMI report. Despite hatcheries being 48% of every dollar spent at The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat commission the WMI report did not address runaway hatchery costs being largely responsible for the agency’s poor fiscal health once. And finally possibly the most concerning portion of the report is that WMI recommended that the funding between Fish & Boat and Game Commission be combined for “cost sharing.” This is a round about way of saying they recommend PGC/hunters prevent fish and boat from becoming insolvent and bailing out their reckless hatchery spending that broke the bank to begin with. This will be at the expense of hunting programs or funds since PA Fish and Boat is already operating in a deficit due to hatcheries. We talk about the hurdles of and what kind of legislative steps will be taken to attenptt to take hunters funds. Ultimately we have to ask ourselves should hunter programs, state game land purchases, and deer management take cuts to pay for Tim Schaeffer’s hatchery trout spending addiction? We talk about “leaders” who have ignored hundreds of e-mails about this issue for years and even enable waste, fraud, and abuse at fish & boat. Josh Shapiro, Greg Rothman, and Anita Kulik-Astorino have watched this reckless spending happen and done nothing despite being asked to reign it in for years. We discuss how menheden harvest regulations could make feeding hatchery trout much more expensive and bankrupt PFBC sooner. We talk about why politicians always seem to want to avoid public land purchases and instead favor polluting our streams with enormously expensive hatchery non-native trout. Finally, Phil and I talk about how you can visit PAWTC.org and take action by engaging your elected officials. Don’t forget to comment against repealing the roadless rule! Also sign your name supporting proposed menheden protections(for stripers and making trout stocking more expensive and harder to not cut). Also don’t forget to support StopPAX-1.com as the legal fight for the conodoguinet & Letort’s future begins as local residents try to prevent their community from being invaded by the Data center senator Greg Rothman profited from a land deal with. Check out PA Wild Trout Coalition https://pawtc.org/SPEAK UP FOR THE ROADLESS RULE NOW!!https://www.backcountryhunters.org/get-involved/take-actionSupport StopPAX-1.comhttps://stoppax1.com/Leave a comment supporting Atlantic Menhaden Draft Addendum II to reduce bay menheden harvest, protect ocean fish, and head water brook trout from hatchery fish! comments@asmfc.orgFly Fisherman Podcast-Loop to Loop interview with John Arway of PA Wild Trout Coalition on stocking reformhttps://www.flyfisherman.com/PodcastPlayModal.aspx?type=video&vid=559005&episode=38&astid=533595&title=John%20Arway%20and%20his%20science-based%20mission%20to%20%20%E2%80%9CLet%20Nature%20Raise%20the%20Fish%E2%80%9D&podcastKey=api/podcast/listing/82299/533595/2026#Deer crops#deerhunting #pahunting #troutstocking#pennsylvania
31 Aug 2026
All About The Brown Trout
In this two part podcast we dive in to everything Brown Trout. In part on we discuss the various brown trout species, their relatives, and thier distribution across Eurasia with James Suleski of the Finsylvania Podcast. In part two we dive into the history of the brown trout as well as their genetic lineages across time and their native range with geneticist Steve Weiss. Check out the Finsylvania Podcast here.https://www.youtube.com/@UCMz_PXVNMtunyqt32gVdi-g Check out the Steve Weiss' latest music here.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7tvZPainq4&list=RDn7tvZPainq4&start_radio=1Check out our Book: Journey For The World's Trout, where we find, catch, and document many of these species discussed in this podcast around the world. https://www.georgiawildtrout.com/product-page/journey-for-the-world-s-troutLearn more about the Salmo family in this book.https://amzn.to/4qHe8Py
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