03-02-2016, 04:21 AM
[quote PBH]too add some to what wormandbobber said, consider for a moment the Middle Provo River. It's loaded with brown trout. There is nothing to prevent those fish from entering Deer Creek Res. Yet you rarely hear of many anglers catching brown trout from the reservoir. Why?
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DC actually has a lot of brown trout. I average 1 or 2 per trip when I ice fish there a lot. There are a few big ones, but most are about the same size as the rainbows. Which leads to the question of what would happen if a bunch of browns were planted there? Answer, slower growth for both stocked and wild fish. I catch a bunch at Jordanelle too and several guys regularly target trophies there. What would stocking a bunch more browns do there? Probably just increase competition for food and lower the growth rate and number of trophies. We already have that problem with the bass.
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DC actually has a lot of brown trout. I average 1 or 2 per trip when I ice fish there a lot. There are a few big ones, but most are about the same size as the rainbows. Which leads to the question of what would happen if a bunch of browns were planted there? Answer, slower growth for both stocked and wild fish. I catch a bunch at Jordanelle too and several guys regularly target trophies there. What would stocking a bunch more browns do there? Probably just increase competition for food and lower the growth rate and number of trophies. We already have that problem with the bass.
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