03-20-2009, 11:39 AM
[cool][#0000ff]Nobody is claiming that the browns are totally gone...or that there are no more big fish. My comments were that the forage base of chubs was greatly depleted so that the large numbers of BIG browns seriously declined.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]A 10 pound brown is a nice fish. But, I would suggest that a 10 pounder from the Gorge, under current conditions, would probably be older than the 20 - 30 pounders of the late '70's. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Brown trout develop different habits and are tougher to catch than macks or 'bows. True, the lake gets a lot more publicity for the macks. But, a whole army of knowledgeable brown trout anglers has been hammering the Gorge over the years, without producing any more of giant fish that once made the lake famous. I am not assuming anything. Just commenting on the results other anglers are showing. And, there are plenty of guys who DO target the browns.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]A 10 pound brown is a nice fish. But, I would suggest that a 10 pounder from the Gorge, under current conditions, would probably be older than the 20 - 30 pounders of the late '70's. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Brown trout develop different habits and are tougher to catch than macks or 'bows. True, the lake gets a lot more publicity for the macks. But, a whole army of knowledgeable brown trout anglers has been hammering the Gorge over the years, without producing any more of giant fish that once made the lake famous. I am not assuming anything. Just commenting on the results other anglers are showing. And, there are plenty of guys who DO target the browns.[/#0000ff]
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