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Brown Trout Source: Raver, Duane. http://images.fws.gov. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
  • Water Type: freshwater
  • Latin Name: Salmo trutta
  • Common Names: Brown, Brownie, English Brown Trout, European Brown Trout, German Brown Trout, German Trout, German Brown, Lochleven Trout, Von Behr Trout,
  • World Record: 40 lbs, 4 oz., from Little Red River in Herber Springs, Arkansas, on May 9, 1992 by Howard L. Collins.
  • Last Modified By: baystateangler on 08/03/15 10:33 AM
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Baits and Tackle for Brown Trout

Flies Check Prices

  • Wooly Buggers white, Black and brown no go, Dry flies such as parachute adams, humpy, caddis, etc no go, egg fly no go, totally nothing
  • Hoppers-nymphs (gold ribbed hairs ear-pheasant tail)
  • Artiflical
  • Pheobes

Dry Fly Check Prices

  • Used a tan caddis #14 or so size. Such a small fish, probably not even worth recording, but oh well at least got something. Took quick photo and let em go.
  • March Brown
  • Caught on Ausable Wolf
  • Hendrickson Emerger, Hendrickson Comparadun,

Nymph Check Prices

  • In 2008 there have been significant rains (record floods) and this has not allowed Table Rock Lake to cool. Normal water temps in Lake Taneycomo are in the 40s but in 2008 they are in the low 60s.

    The main food supplies on Lake Taneycomo are sculpins, scuds, midge, San Juan worms and sowbugs. There is little dry fly action but you can catch a few. Egg patterns are productive using as an attractor pattern. Other nymph patterns will work but sticking to the main 5 above will be the most productive. Midge under an indicator in the slower waters are excellent.

    There is only about 500 or 600 yards below the dam that can be waded, below that the lake becomes too deep to wade.

    The other potential to limit fishing is the generation of electricity. When generators are running, there is too much current to fish other than from a boat.

    There are usually a lot of rainbow and brown trout stacked up below the dam. This is an artificial lure trophy area only for the first 3 miles below the dam.
  • Flies
  • A cross between a pheasant tail and a copper jack.
  • Gold bead head Prince black

Streamer Check Prices

  • Tried a variety of flies...stone flies, green drakes, wholly buggers...at this location we found that the muddler minnow was our best bet
  • White, Black or Brown Wooly or Crystal Buggers Size 2/0 and 4/0 Large streamers effective
  • crawler off the bottom also. Tis is a great lake to float tube NO BOATS w/ motors lots of great fishing

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • 5 inch yellow perch
  • Fished a shiner two feet below a float.

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • Black and white w/red Superduper.

Other Check Prices

  • rooster tail
  • Orange floating Powerbait pellets about 3.5' off the bottom.

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Brown Trout Description

This is a true "trout" Native to Europe. It is not indiginous to the U.S.

-Massachusetts State Record is 19 lbs 10 oz caught by Dana Deblois in 1966 at Wachusett Reservoir

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