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Author:
RobO
Date:
Sep 21, 2010
Subject:
Clipped Pectoral Fin on a 16 inch Brown trout
Message:
I was fishing the Farmington River this past Saturday and did pretty well in one of my favorite spots in the TMA area. I caught 12 trout in 3 hours all browns. My buddy caught 4 trout, one of them being a 17 inch rainbow in a small creek area of the river right behind a big rock. The creek area was about 3 feet wide. He thought he might catch a brookie but ended up catching a big fish. My first fish of the day was a very stout and solid 16 inch brown with a curled up lower jaw. It's left pectoral fin was clipped. The colors of the brown were dull and didn't really have any orange spots. Most of the fish I caught had less orange color than what I am used to catching brownies in the FR. I am making an assumption that the area of river I was fishing must have recently been stocked and I was catching hatchery trout. Does anyone know any information regarding the clipped fin?
Author:
Aj1986
Date:
Sep 21, 2010
Message:
The friday before laborday the dep stocked 2000 brownies in the west branch from the TMA up to the goodwin dam
Author:
asianfisher
Date:
Sep 30, 2010
Subject:
Re: Clipped Pectoral Fin on a 16 inch Brown trout
Message:
Clipped fin is stocked proly came from out of state hatchery. most fish form hatcheries upstate do that to their browns. They do that where i am. Thats how you know if its stocked or native up here.... Robo man do your thing i love that river. Ever came up to NY and fished for the fish i posted? They will stock atlantic salmon in the naugy river soon. catch and release till dec. But you gotta get it in early cause buy the time you can keep them people took them already which suxs.
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