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| Brown Trout |
| Brown trout, native to northern Europe, were imported into this country
from Germany and Scotland in the late 1800s. They were first stocked in
North Carolina shortly after 1905, but were never as widely distributed
as the rainbow. In fact, brown trout are still expanding their range in
North Carolina today. Brown trout can be distinguished by their
brownish-yellow color and the scattered black, red, and orange spots
on their sides. Brown trout are extremely wary and are the most
difficult of the trout to catch. Once they become established in a
stream, it is almost impossible to catch them out, even with heavy
fishing pressure. Frequently, inexperienced anglers fishing in brown
trout water will not get so much as a strike, and are convinced that
there are no fish in the stream. In actuality, there may be an excellent
population of wild browns. Brown trout prefer larger, slower flowing
streams with an abundance of minnows. However, they also do well in
some of the smaller, swifter streams too. Brown trout are stubborn
fighters when hooked, but do not put on as spectacular an acrobatic
show as the rainbow. Instead, they tend to go to the bottom and run
underneath a log or into a rock crevice. |
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