I did a project on PA fishing license sales and it turns out that the majority of the money brought in from licenses is put into the Fish Fund. This money helps improve stream quality/stream restorations, and among other things its put back into the hatcheries. I have no problem with the increased price, i think i paid around $31 for a years worth of fishing. One weekend of golf can be more that, so i'm not gonna complain. And for the size, yeah it has decreased but they still stock a good many nice size trout. You just gotta catch em.