NEW REGULATIONS FOR THE CREDIT RIVER

[MuskieBait]

Wild fish - born in the wild, not hatchery raised...

vs.

Stocked fish - hatchery raised...

Not sure where the quote came from...but at the present, MNR does not have a mandatory release for Steelhead or Brown Trout on the lower Credit. In the headwaters in the Upper Credit, it is mandatory release for Brook Trout and Brown Trout plus single barbless hook, artificial only regulation. Atlantic Salmon is closed all year so mandatory release also regardless of where in the river you caught it.

I do agree that releasing wild fish should be encouraged. Wild fish are better adapted to the particular natal streams vs. hatchery fish.