Just not the way it works my friend. If that was the case there would be no stocking of anything. Those people pay the same taxes you do.
What about privately stocked fish making their way to public waters after a rain just like the one we just got? Should those fish be off limits to “public fisheries”? There’s no barriers to keep the privately stocked fish in a certain section either.
Two things.
1) Those buying trout and stocking FTC could have "their fish" tagged. Simple to do, inexpensive. I have tagged fish in our pond for studies.
2) As FTC "crosses paths" with state water, IE public water if you will, this notion of stocking gets real interesting to me. I haven't researched yet, but I would presume the state of GA has a law against anyone stocking fish in public water except the state itself. Seems logical. Now I have something to research today - learn if GA DNR allows private stocking by we the people or forbids it.