10-23-2008, 08:53 PM
In the mountain south they're also known as 'Natives." Until the wide-spread stocking programs of the 19th & 20th centuries they were the only trout found in our hills.
Now they've been all but fished out. In the Smokies, for instance, they are only found high up in the headwater creeks, and there's been a long-standing moritorium on keeping them.
Here in Kentucky there are six streams in the Daniel Boone NF with naturally reproducing brookies. Those streams are maintained on a don't-ask, don't-tell policy, so you don't see them listed anywhere.
In New Brunswick, in the spring, there's a run of fish locally called "Salters," which are sea-run brookies. So there's another name for them.
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Now they've been all but fished out. In the Smokies, for instance, they are only found high up in the headwater creeks, and there's been a long-standing moritorium on keeping them.
Here in Kentucky there are six streams in the Daniel Boone NF with naturally reproducing brookies. Those streams are maintained on a don't-ask, don't-tell policy, so you don't see them listed anywhere.
In New Brunswick, in the spring, there's a run of fish locally called "Salters," which are sea-run brookies. So there's another name for them.
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