trout stocking

[Big Mike]

Been catching several browns in the 12-17 inch range the last couple of weeks but no rainbows.  In the past its usually all rainbows with an occasional brown mixed in.  I read somewhere that they stock browns once a year.  Anybody know if and when they stock rainbows or are they just escapes from the park.  Not complaining at all about catching browns but like to keep a few rainbows now and again.  The wife keeps asking me to make more smoked trout dip

[tjm]

I'm under the impression that most white ribbon areas are monthly stockings, not that I can say why I think that.

[fishinwrench]

Browns, when the river gets any, are stocked right around the Fall firearms deer season opener time, but I don't think they did it last year at all.  The browns that are currently in there are holdovers from prior stockings or BSSP escapees from the 2019 flood.  

Rainbows get thrown in whenever....you never know.  Used to be every month except for July-Aug. but they have slacked off on that the last few years (those fish go to urban areas now, so if you want some for smoked trout dip....go there!).   The last KNOWN stocking of Rainbows in the river was early October 2019.  If there's been any stocked since then it has been darn few.

[trythisonemv]

Was down yesterday and the river was full of good sized rainbows as well as stickers. Caught 6 in seven casts . Just fished an hour for trout though spent the rest hunting smallies.....😁

[fishinwrench]

10 minutes ago, trythisonemv said:

Was down yesterday and the river was full of good sized rainbows as well as stickers. Caught 6 in seven casts . Just fished an hour for trout though spent the rest hunting smallies.....😁

That's good to hear.   I'm surprised they did that so close to the park opening day.  Cool beans 👍 

How'd the smallie fishing go?

[trythisonemv]

3 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

That's good to hear.   I'm surprised they did that so close to the park opening day.  Cool beans 👍 

How'd the smallie fishing go?

Whacked em! Twelve smallies two fourteen in two twelve and one donkey just almost 18 in about three lb. Bunch of dinks and fifteen or so goggle eye. One twelve inch goggleye . Thought it was a large mouth at first. 

[trythisonemv]

Need rig was number one bait but lipless crank netted the big girl

[fishinwrench]

1 minute ago, trythisonemv said:

Need rig was number one bait but lipless crank netted the big girl

In the river, or in the park ?

[fishinwrench]

10 minutes ago, trythisonemv said:

Whacked em! Twelve smallies two fourteen in two twelve and one donkey just almost 18 in about three lb. Bunch of dinks and fifteen or so goggle eye. One twelve inch goggleye . Thought it was a large mouth at first. 

Was the park not closed yesterday?

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9 minutes ago, trythisonemv said:

Need rig was number one bait but lipless crank netted the big girl

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