Trout from this week

336wheeler

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Boone
First time I've been fishing in Boone since I've been at school. Caught a Brook and a Rainbow, came from the Watauga.

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Haha no, I was just using light spinning tackle and a 1/6 oz rooster tail.
 
Yeah the pictures do make it look like I was squeezing them really hard, but I just had a firm grip on them. No harm done, both fish swam away just fine.
 
Wheelers dont kill fish....fisherman do!!! Right on, nice fish man.
A shirt at Dixie Run read..10 out of 10 trout prefer wheeling to fishing!
I have heard that oil on your skin can hurt trout though. Oh well, nice catch:beer:
 
Dylan, as long as your hand is wet when you pick up the fish, it's not supposed to harm them.
 
Yeah, now that you mention it...thats what I heard too. I was'nt calling ya out, just trying to sound edumacated. You're right though.
 
336wheeler said:
Dylan, as long as your hand is wet when you pick up the fish, it's not supposed to harm them.
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Yeah good thing 'cause I'm sure that big fawkin hook in their mouth dosn't do anything either
 
fawk you! ive been to the damn mountains 23080458 times and have half assedly fished everytime but have never managed to catch a friggin trout......... next time i go to app to visit my cousin, expect a pm........... i need some help.
 
You want to catch some trout just head to any of the delayed harvest streams during the spring or fall. They stock aprox the first week of each month during the closed season (excluding Dec, Jan, Feb). Catch and release, artificial lures, single hook. Fresh stockers won't know what hit them.

I'm ready for open season on the hatchery streams. Getting tired of throwing good meals back in the water.
 
Dylan W. said:
Wheelers dont kill fish....fisherman do!!! Right on, nice fish man.
A shirt at Dixie Run read..10 out of 10 trout prefer wheeling to fishing!
I have heard that oil on your skin can hurt trout though. Oh well, nice catch:beer:
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I'm surprised you were able to find a brookie, considering they are so superendangered, like Pandas.
 
GSW said:
I'm surprised you were able to find a brookie, considering they are so superendangered, like Pandas.
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since I moved to NC, 4/5 trout I've caught are Brookies. that's what cracks me up about TU claims. I have to beat the Brookies off with a stick just to catch a Brown, Bow or Hybrid.
 
There is a huge difference between a native brookie and a stock brookie.
NC stocks ~45% brookies...
 
I ordered my first ever fly rod yesterday / hoping to learn a little more this year?

I bought a Coleman Scanoe last fall to fish out of, and a minnkota motor to push it around.

NCAnglers forum is pretty good hangout too!
 
I have been wearing them out on DH streams. Caught 22 on 3/6 including a 20" brown.

The best part is catching them in front of flyguys and their $300 rods, Orvis waders and such. 5 ft UL, 4pd test w/ 1/16 & 1/32 oz Panter Martins single hook.

I am continually amazed to see flyguys throwing all sorts of patterns when the main forage is small minows in NC streams. Spend all that money yet not think about what the trout naturally eat. Makes no sense
 
Franklin said:
I have been wearing them out on DH streams. Caught 22 on 3/6 including a 20" brown.
The best part is catching them in front of flyguys and their $300 rods, Orvis waders and such. 5 ft UL, 4pd test w/ 1/16 & 1/32 oz Panter Martins single hook.
I am continually amazed to see flyguys throwing all sorts of patterns when the main forage is small minows in NC streams. Spend all that money yet not think about what the trout naturally eat. Makes no sense
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Minnows are hard to imitate in stream conditions with a fly line.

Not that I am defending the gear crazy flyguys. I have Bass Pro waders, a custom rod by a buddy (cost me $70 for everything) and a $40 St. Croix reel. I only throw about 4-5 patterns in NC streams, and I tie my own. I catch fish just fine with my set-up.

If anyone really wants to go for a native Brookie, check out the Sylva area. Only place I have ever pulled em, and only 2 at that.
 
cnickgo said:
If anyone really wants to go for a native Brookie, check out the Sylva area. Only place I have ever pulled em, and only 2 at that.
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if you want native brookies and dont a mind hike...go to graham county, to the little snowbird. At the end of the road, there is a gate, it used to be a forest service road that is in the 19 miles range that has areas comparable to many on the Tellico OHV, we lost this one ~10 years ago, but I digress....

the road pretty much follows the river, about 2-3 miles upstream is a section of falls. Below the fall it is debateable if you are catching native brookies or introduced re spawns stocked in the hatchery supported areas. Above the falls it is pretty clear. Limiting out is easy as most wont make the hike....
 
ok, time for my schooling. So I've been trout fishing for years and considered myself well versed in the various trout of the South east. I've caught several Brookies, browns, bows, & hybrid around Georgia and North Carolina.

I've done some googling to try and answer this, but besides being born in the wild vs hatchery, what's the difference in a Native vs hatchery Brookie?
 
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