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Tuesday, August 23. 2022

Trout info, including autumn fishing



The "Sea Trout," aka Speckled Trout, or Speckled Sea Trout, of the southern US is not a Trout, or even a Salmonid. Looks like a Trout though.  


There are real sea-going Salmonids, though, of which the Salmon is best known. 


For Western US fishermen, the Steelhead Trout is another popular fish. It is a Rainbow Trout which, for some reasons, decided to live for a while in salt water. 


Are there anadromous Brook Trout in Maine? Who knows?  To complicate nomenclature, Brook Trout are not really trout - they are a Char.


Tips for autumn trout fishing.  Some states and areas do a fall stocking. Few if any stocked fish survive summer or winter in streams, even with catch-and-release. They do not have enough adaptation.


100 facts about Trout - good fun 

Posted by The News Junkie in Hunting, Fishing, Dogs, Guns, etc. at 13:57 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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Highly recommended reading: The Founding Fish by John McPhee.
#1 Aggie on 2022-08-23 14:27 (Reply)
Brown trout introduced themselves in Iceland but didn't make it to North America. The "ice age brown trout" variant is pretty interesting, and Yuge.
#2 itsatax on 2022-08-23 20:37 (Reply)
If you are a trout fisherman, especially a fly fisherman, it is pretty easy to become obsessive...about everything. First is dry or wet or nymph? Euro nymphing? Rods--what length?, what line weight?. Reels-- how many?, what size?, extra spools?. Lines--what weight?, floating?, sinking?. Leaders--what test?, what length?, fluor?, mono?, floating? sinking? - And don't get me started-- single handed or spey. A two-handed rod is another ball game. Spey raises all the questions associated with single handed rods but adds multiple new variations. Spey or Skagit? Shooting heads and leaders? Drives the wife to the brink until they finally give up and just say OK. (if you are lucky). Oh and did I mention flies? Never go into a flyshop anywhere in the USA and expect to get out for under $100 as there is always a fly or multiple flies, maybe some new gadget, and of course the obligatory hat. I could go on and on but my wife is calling.
#3 rocdoctom on 2022-08-23 21:59 (Reply)

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