II've never put any thought into this till now. I know browns spawn in October. Do they stop when they come to a small water fall ? Or do they try to swim up and over kinda like salmon ? See attached photos
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They will go up and over if possible, and if they are so inclined to keep going. I've personally witnessed browns doing this many times.
There is a spot on the weber in echo canyon where a cement dam has water flowing over it. It's at a rest stop. When they are spawning or prior to, you can see them trying to jump up there. If you fish the spot and catch very many of them you will invariably catch a few with raw noses from bonking into the cement barrier while trying to jump upstream.
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[quote fishing4thehog]II've never put any thought into this till now. I know browns spawn in October. Do they stop when they come to a small water fall ? Or do they try to swim up and over kinda like salmon ? See attached photos
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The barriers in your pictures definitely would not slow down a spawning brown. In order for them to be slowed or stopped, it must be a formidable barrier (such as an impoundment or base of a dam). You will start to see them jumping up these barriers starting in Sept.
-Rich
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I agree with what others have said. Smaller falls up to several feet can just be swum up against the current without even jumping. I've seen this done up to 3-4 feet by big browns in the fall. Without seeing it firsthand I won't have thought they could do it without even jumping. I've also seen trout jump well over 6 feet high but usually it's rainbows that really go airborne.
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Man I love a river bordered by Elephant Grass. Big brown time is almost upon us. Yup, like everyone else, that little log jam ain't gonna slow them down too much.
Gaetz
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