I have caught browns in every shade from silver with almost no spots, to gold with huge black spots, to all red spots, to blue highlights, to almost black. Nothing surprises me any more.
No two of us look the same, why should two fish?
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I have caught browns in every shade from silver with almost no spots, to gold with huge black spots, to all red spots, to blue highlights, to almost black. Nothing surprises me any more.
No two of us look the same, why should two fish?
wow lucky guys! never gotten a brown in my life yet! we got a few stockers about 2 hours south but yet to go try my luck! nice fish! my dream is to get a fish that beautiful! have gotten huge steelhead but for some reason love the brown trouts colors and am dying to catch one!!
I can fish 1 river which has not been stocked for 30years and the diversity of browns colors is great, light, dark, red spots,black spots, lots of spots and hardly no spots. Somehow I dont think that the Loch Leven browns wont spawn with the German brown trout because there different subspecies. For the fish to grow and breed they need to survive, one of the main factors in fish survival is camouflage.
BTW to the other poster; Tiger trout are infertile.
Anyway check this out, I was checking out brook trout and found this;
http://www.brooktrout.ca/open-lakes-...rora-trout.htm
Subspecies of Brook trout with no spots!
Interesting about the catch n release - they just don't survive a release.
Fishy, what doesn't survive a release?
I think that you guys are really going to enjoy this called "trout colors"
http://lenharris.blogspot.com:80/
Rick
While I am a believer in catch and release and practice it almost to a fault, it is number like that which make me consider eating more of those tasty critters instead of letting them all go. I hate to waste fish and if they are going to die anyhow someone ought to make good use of the excellent protein source. :rolleyes:
Rick
I've caught browns in Argentina that were completely gold with not a spot on them.
Here, I think it depends on where the original stock was from...Germany or Scotland. I also think environmental factors play an important part.
Clay, thank you, that was fun to watch. Also thank you to all who have responded. This has been interesting and I really have been surprised at the color diversity of so many fish.
As far as catch and release mortality, I didn't intend a discussion relating to that on this thread. I for one believe strongly in catch and release and will leave it at that. Anyone wishing to pursue the catch-and-release thread is more than welcome to get it going on their own. As was said before concerning differences in fish and people, everyone is different - thank goodness - and we're all entitloed to our own and seperate opinions.
All I intended here was some feedback on some really bizzare differences in Brown Trout coloration per the pics I posted.
Thanks to all who have responded. Still would love to hear more responses on coloration.
Here's another I took from my favorite spring creek:
http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/v...verPics190.jpg
Tight Lines,
Kelly