My goodness, they're beautiful!
Not yet. Definitely in prespawn. About 50/50 on spawning coloration. I won't be wading those streams anymore until I'm sure the spawn is over.are they spawning?
Those fish would be northern strain, they are a little different.He needs another year
I loved catching them out of the Colorado and Platt rivers, but my BIL says they are very scarce now. Said he caught his first in about 2-3 years, but he lake fishes so rivers may still hold a few.
My goodness, they're beautiful!
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It's the kind that "lure's" me into the backcountry of the mountains to get away from uneducated, dumb@ss, smart@ss people like YOU who obviously don't know chit about fishing southern Appalachian wild trout streams.
All is good, sometimes you just can't read expressions behind a keyboard. Carry on…Woah man I didn't mean any offense. Just was trying to be funny.
It's a cool looking fish, and you're right I don't have much experience with wild trout streams. Closest I got is the Clinch. I mostly fish lakes for other species.
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Yeah, there will be a video but I don't know when. I will say I forbid him from videoing certain landmarks that would have made it much better and he honored that request. Some places, you just don't kiss and tell…Man, those things are beautiful. Am I going to have to watch for this on Creek Fishing Adventures?
We called them brookies, what do they call them here?Those fish would be northern strain, they are a little different.
Amen brotherYeah, there will be a video but I don't know when. I will say I forbid him from videoing certain landmarks that would have made it much better and he honored that request. Some places, you just don't kiss and tell…
They are both called brookies, some folks around here call them specks. There is a genetic difference between the southern strain and the northern strain. The northern are usually not as vivid in their coloration but they grow MUCH larger than the southern strain. A 10" southern fish is considered a trophy whereas I've seen northerns push 16-17". Southerns are native to the southern Appalachians and aren't found anywhere else. Any Brook trout caught outside the region is a northern. It's kinda like Alabama bass vs Kentucky bass, they are both spotted bass but they are both genetically different with different traits.We called them brookies, what do they call them here?