03-18-2009, 02:06 PM
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The only two things that Dude left out are the smallmouth factor with regard to the chub demise and the fact that the WY Game and Fish started to limit the stocking of browns in the 80's because of a lack of forage base. Even today they only stock about every other year and it is a token stock to boot. I would love to see them decide that the browns would be a good deterent for burbot and start a really dedicated stocking program in the Gorge again, but probably isn't going to happen any time in the near future. I am glad this post was started because, for me, browns are at the top of my trophy list.
JohnnyBrownTrout
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The only two things that Dude left out are the smallmouth factor with regard to the chub demise and the fact that the WY Game and Fish started to limit the stocking of browns in the 80's because of a lack of forage base. Even today they only stock about every other year and it is a token stock to boot. I would love to see them decide that the browns would be a good deterent for burbot and start a really dedicated stocking program in the Gorge again, but probably isn't going to happen any time in the near future. I am glad this post was started because, for me, browns are at the top of my trophy list.
JohnnyBrownTrout
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