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October 01, 2009
America's Greatest Non-Native Fish Species
By Kirk Deeter
Photo by Tim Romano
Does any non-native species deserve as much angler admiration as the beloved salmo trutta, the brown trout?
Introduced from Europe to North America in 1883 in western Michigan... the brown trout is now the foundation of fly fishing in many places in this country... from Montana to Pennsylvania. (And beyond that... Canada, Chile, Argentina, New Zealand, etc.).
You can say what you want about brookies, and rainbows, and cutthroats... but for my money, there is no worthier, more regal, rewarding fish than that big 'ol brown that lurks in the deep pool.
I wonder if 100 years from now anglers will be saying similar nice things about snakeheads.
Brown trout were our focus yesterday, when Joe Cermele, Tim, and I hiked WAY up into Gore Canyon... through 40 -m.p.h. winds and snow/rain... even averting a charging moose at one point (more on that later)... to land many beautiful, healthy, vibrant browns on streamers and nymphs. This is Joe's fish, caught near day's end.
Today we're after rainbows. More detailed updates soon to follow.
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Is this the same guy who would rather catch a four inch greenback than a 8 pound wild Montana rainbow?
I tried to include wild trout along with native trout on my preferred list, but got no love.
I knew the pull of a large, beautiful invasive would bring you back to your senses...
I had the pleasure of pursuing these storied creatures last week in West Virginia. But the story of my treasured brown trout only went back a whopping week when the hatchery truck dumped them in the hole. Hey, we voted and I lost. Nobody but I wanted to hike up into the mountains for wild brookies and camp in tents. I had to settle for a 2000sf log cabin on the banks of a heavily stocked river with t.v., wi-fi, hottub, fully applianced kitchen, cold beer and soft beds. I had a horrible time.
Big Mike, The moment I read this one I reached in my back pocket and threw a flag on the play.......so which is it, A. Wild native throats or B. STOCKED-non-native brown trout. lol :-)
Say what you want, I like carp.
Strong, smart, fast...
Beat bass any day.
I don't know a lot about brown trout (I used to think it was just a joke about something that got flushed), but down here in South Florida, we've got peacock bass. It's an awesome game fish from the Amazon and it's one of the few "exotics" around here that we aren't trying to get rid of.
Here we go, wild or nonnative?
Just remeber release every catch every day...
I've had a great year catching browns in Green County, WI and most of them are several years removed from the hatchery truck 'cause they're BIG. The biologist around here suspects there are some reproducing brown populations as well. I think they are great fish and didn't even realize they weren't native until just recently.
There are so many lines to be drawn on this topic. Wild vs stocked or nonnative. A wild trout native to a stream is clearly defined as a wild trout native to a steam. Born and raised.
There is no clear line with stocked or nonnative species. Some stocked fish are put-grow-and-take and some stockers are stock-and-take and only live in the river a matter of days. Some stockers are catch and release only fish that have been caught and released many times. Some stockers are stocked in remote areas that are rarely fished. Some stockers are put in city parks where they are bombed every day. Some stockers live in lakes until they migrate upstream (they are steelhead and IMHO the greatest stockers of them all). Some stockers live in Colorado where they have thousands of fish per river mile and some stockers live in Ohio where the norm is 75-100 fish per river mile. I won't even get into habitat. Some stockers or non-native are off spring of other stockers.
The variety of stockers or nonnative species vary from stream born fish to 1 day off the truck pellet heads.
Are they different fish?
Are any of these fish going to be the same fish? They are all Salmo trutta(? spell) right?
I love catching wild fish but I'm not always in a place where wild fish live. I work too much and have to many responsibilities to have the option to choose wild versus stocked. I fish when I can where I can (I think most of us fall into this catagory) and I will enjoy every minute I have on the water regardless of what tugs on my line.
Not sure what is so complicated
stocked- born in a hatchery
wild- streambred, population introduced by man
native- wild population, was not introduce by man
while i prefer to catch brookies (natives) to prove i'm a decent fisherman, i also like to eat, and brown trout taste good to me, even if they (stock fish) are a bit mealy. Catching a releasing a native to me is a great reward. Stock fish?...why not eat'm?
Ouch!!! that's painful. Just remember,most of the species in our world are non-natives. The best way to
preserve it is the release (just if we want)please
look the Romano's Slide Show
http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/flytalk/2009/10/adirondack-fall-fish...
the 4th photo is the way We take brain let's use It!
Sounds like another memorable trip.
Browns, especially large ones, are bulldogs and the hardest trout to fool. Some only come out at night. Brookies are easiest to fool but the most beautiful. Rainbows seem to be somewhere in the middle, but the most fun on the hook - the most air time.
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There are so many lines to be drawn on this topic. Wild vs stocked or nonnative. A wild trout native to a stream is clearly defined as a wild trout native to a steam. Born and raised.
There is no clear line with stocked or nonnative species. Some stocked fish are put-grow-and-take and some stockers are stock-and-take and only live in the river a matter of days. Some stockers are catch and release only fish that have been caught and released many times. Some stockers are stocked in remote areas that are rarely fished. Some stockers are put in city parks where they are bombed every day. Some stockers live in lakes until they migrate upstream (they are steelhead and IMHO the greatest stockers of them all). Some stockers live in Colorado where they have thousands of fish per river mile and some stockers live in Ohio where the norm is 75-100 fish per river mile. I won't even get into habitat. Some stockers or non-native are off spring of other stockers.
The variety of stockers or nonnative species vary from stream born fish to 1 day off the truck pellet heads.
Are they different fish?
Are any of these fish going to be the same fish? They are all Salmo trutta(? spell) right?
I love catching wild fish but I'm not always in a place where wild fish live. I work too much and have to many responsibilities to have the option to choose wild versus stocked. I fish when I can where I can (I think most of us fall into this catagory) and I will enjoy every minute I have on the water regardless of what tugs on my line.
I had the pleasure of pursuing these storied creatures last week in West Virginia. But the story of my treasured brown trout only went back a whopping week when the hatchery truck dumped them in the hole. Hey, we voted and I lost. Nobody but I wanted to hike up into the mountains for wild brookies and camp in tents. I had to settle for a 2000sf log cabin on the banks of a heavily stocked river with t.v., wi-fi, hottub, fully applianced kitchen, cold beer and soft beds. I had a horrible time.
Say what you want, I like carp.
Strong, smart, fast...
Beat bass any day.
I don't know a lot about brown trout (I used to think it was just a joke about something that got flushed), but down here in South Florida, we've got peacock bass. It's an awesome game fish from the Amazon and it's one of the few "exotics" around here that we aren't trying to get rid of.
I've had a great year catching browns in Green County, WI and most of them are several years removed from the hatchery truck 'cause they're BIG. The biologist around here suspects there are some reproducing brown populations as well. I think they are great fish and didn't even realize they weren't native until just recently.
Not sure what is so complicated
stocked- born in a hatchery
wild- streambred, population introduced by man
native- wild population, was not introduce by man
Is this the same guy who would rather catch a four inch greenback than a 8 pound wild Montana rainbow?
I tried to include wild trout along with native trout on my preferred list, but got no love.
I knew the pull of a large, beautiful invasive would bring you back to your senses...
Big Mike, The moment I read this one I reached in my back pocket and threw a flag on the play.......so which is it, A. Wild native throats or B. STOCKED-non-native brown trout. lol :-)
while i prefer to catch brookies (natives) to prove i'm a decent fisherman, i also like to eat, and brown trout taste good to me, even if they (stock fish) are a bit mealy. Catching a releasing a native to me is a great reward. Stock fish?...why not eat'm?
Ouch!!! that's painful. Just remember,most of the species in our world are non-natives. The best way to
preserve it is the release (just if we want)please
look the Romano's Slide Show
http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/flytalk/2009/10/adirondack-fall-fish...
the 4th photo is the way We take brain let's use It!
Sounds like another memorable trip.
Browns, especially large ones, are bulldogs and the hardest trout to fool. Some only come out at night. Brookies are easiest to fool but the most beautiful. Rainbows seem to be somewhere in the middle, but the most fun on the hook - the most air time.
Here we go, wild or nonnative?
Just remeber release every catch every day...
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