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fished the strawberry river with my dad and bro today. started right near the pinnacles and worked our way up the river. used small spinners and jigs. catches were few and far between but not a bad day of fishin at all. my bro caught one fat healthy brown about 16" and my dad caught three little dinks. and i won the big fish of the day contest with a brown pushing 20" very fat and healthy also cught one scrawny brown about 15" that was about it when it came to catching but i bet we saw at least half a dozen fish that were over or pushing 20" really neat
theres the report now heres the question?
what factors affect the way a trout is colored?
the largest brown i caught today lacked the familar blue halos im so used to seeing and i was wondering why that might be?
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I don't have a answer to your question, but I am very jealouse. That it my favorite river to fish, and I haven't made it up there yet this year. I do have a question for you though. Have the current berries already come and gone? Did you notice any of the bushes along the river? Sounds like a great day of fishing, and what a great area. Great report.
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Did you catch that fish in shallow or deep water? Usually the deeper the fish gets it will have darker and better coloring to it than a fish that is always in the sun...
Fish do get sun burns just like we do. The more a fish is in the sun it will be lighter in color. Or have "Sun Spots" on it. Looks like a Blonde that spends to much time in the tanning salon!
Warm water really doesn't play a role. but it can affect the fish in other ways. and sometimes it will play a role in sun spots and the way the fish's skin will color.
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sorry can't help you out i didn't notice any berries
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the fish was very light in color so maybe the sun had something to do with it but it was caught in pretty deep water for the area we where fishing i was fishing a jig right on the bottom of this hole and it was probably 3'5" to 4' deep
the thing that really stood out though was the lack of familar blue halos
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