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cutthroat spawn - aquaman - 04-28-2004
i searched the web high i searched low i even looked to the right and left and still i can find no info as to what time of year cutthroat trout spawn anybody here know ?
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Re: [aquaman] cutthroat spawn - aquaman - 04-28-2004
never mind i finally found this
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[font "Arial"][size 4]Like other cutthroat trout, the Bonneville cutthroat spawns in the spring. Spawning usually takes place when the water is between 43-59 degrees F. Trout change color when they are about to spawn. A female will seek out a slowly moving stretch of water. It is here that she will begin to build the redd, a nest for the eggs. She begins by lying on her side. She starts moving her tail back and forth causing gravel and other material to be moved out of the way. She keeps doing this until she has a redd that is four to six inches deep.
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[font "Arial"][size 4]After the redd is finished the female swims over the top of the redd and waits for a male to join her. They deposit eggs and milt into the redd she has built, where fertilization will occur. The male swims off to the side and the female goes slightly downstream where she lays on her side and covers the redd with gravel, thus creating a new redd. The female may or may not use this new redd. A male and female are capable of repeating this process many times.
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[font "Arial"][size 4]The eggs hatch in about three weeks at a temperature of about 54 degrees F. The newly hatched trout depend on their yolk sac for nourishment and as they grow the yolk sac slowly disappears.
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[font "Arial"][size 4]The process of spawning is virtually the same for the Rainbow trout. Spawning is triggered by warmer water temperatures, which occur in spring from February to June. The amount of eggs a female lays is directly related to her size. Eggs should be incubated between 41 and 59 degrees F.[/size][/font]
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Re: [aquaman] cutthroat spawn - crossineye - 04-28-2004
mid to late may at the berry . they come in to a sertain boat ramp by the ######'s ive seen some big females swim up on to the ramp and flop back in to the water i think they were busting their sacks loose. then at night those big rainbows come for the caviar feast . crossineye
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Re: [aquaman] cutthroat spawn - BEARCLAW - 04-28-2004
Very informative. Thanks Aqua[
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Re: [aquaman] cutthroat spawn - Xman - 04-29-2004
looks like you found it. it really varies on the water your fishing though because of water temp obviously. thats why the closures are for so long on tributaries on these waters. where are you wondering about for the cutthroat spawn? i might know that water and when they do.
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Re: [Xman] cutthroat spawn - aquaman - 04-29-2004
well lets just i fished a lake i have been doing well on yesterday and did not get a bite so i was thinking the pattern changed and the fish might be in spawn do they eat when spawning ?
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Re: [aquaman] cutthroat spawn - TheJensenKid15 - 04-29-2004
They bite. My dad and uncle used to fish them in lakes when they were spawning. Used to knock them dead chucking jigs into their nests. The big old females would slam it every time. There's a river that has them, too, that I've fished when their spawning. Its not closed and dosn't really have that many in it, but the few that are in there are dandies. They always nail lures and jigs when ever they get too near them. Its a lot more of a reaction strike than anything.
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Re: [aquaman] cutthroat spawn - Xman - 04-29-2004
well from my experience you have three phases of the spawn. pre spawn spawn and post spawn. if they are in prespawn usually they will feed quite heavily for a week or so before in their staging area. if its a lake thats usually a deep depression or contour lines of the lake around or next to the tributaries of the lake. if they are spawning i would say no they dont bite. they will hit things but not in the sense of feeding. reaction strikes, im sure you have heard all this before but just in case........ so bright colors and sometimes large things work well during the actual spawn for reaction strikes protecting their beds and usually a good time to pick up big fish this way but much harder to hook. post spawn is my favorite and generally two weeks after a good majority of the spawners are finished they will rest hole up somewhere and feed heavily to regrain strength. on the cutthroat fisheries, i have one particular one in mind i have had amazing days on post spawn times if you can find them. hope this helps.
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Re: [Xman] cutthroat spawn - aquaman - 04-30-2004
thanks for the help guys might be time to search out another body of water for a couple of weeks
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