William D. Swink 1983 A survey of the 16 southern states showed that 48 tailwaters in 13 states were stocked with trout in 1980. Of the almost 3.7 million trout released in these waters, 81% were of catchable size and 19% were fingerlings (< 150mm). Tailwaters received 32% of all trout stocked in the South; nearly 95% of the tailwater fish were rainbow trout (<i>Salmo gairdneri</i>). A trend away from "put-grow-and-take" fisheries toward "put-and-take" fisheries was noted. Limited creel data confirmed that fishing pressure in southern tailwaters was heavy, and that 25 to 90% of the trout stocked were recovered by anglers application/pdf 10.1577/1548-8659(1983)45[67:SOSPFT]2.0.CO;2 en Taylor & Francis Survey of stocking policies for tailwater trout fisheries in the southern United States article