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Some are dark some are Soreheads and there are some that are brighter and silver too.. There are a few pics in my album of some brooders that were caught recently..
pics? what do these trout look like... super dark?
Hey Andy, I think you may be under estimating the 'Brood Trout' and getting it confused with something else. From what I understand, a 'Brood Trout' is a rainbow trout that is raised to collect eggs for hatcherys then released in local lakes for people to catch. ODFW calls them 'Trophy Trout'. One example are the trophy trout ODF releases in Harriet Lake located in the Oak Grove Fork of the Clackamas. These fish range from 17 to 20 inches and are great fighters. If you think they taste like a$$ you are mistaken. They have beautilful pink colored meat and taste ten times better than the 20" rainbows I got from a private pond. A friend told me that he ate a brown trout caught in the spring and it had great taste but one caught in late summer tasted like.......well...bad!
MMMMM I just ate teryaki/brown sugar steelhead that has been marinating for 4 days. UUGGG you just ate a fish that was fed pellets for 5 years and forced to spawn then dumped in a pond to die or provide entertainment for kids handicapped and elderly. Do you see even a slight difference? Not bragging about having steelhead jsut using it for a comparison. I thought your dad taught you how to fish for the good eats? And If you want to eat a brooder go ahead I wouldn't recomend it but go ahead. Just try to leave some for the inexperianced little fisher or the guy with one leg or the elderly who can barely get down the sidewalk to the pond. I don't know maybe you like to eat soreheads as well who knows some people will eat just about anything but again to each his own.
Back on topic I would report the bastards snagging at JC pond and point and laugh as the cops show up. Or even try to snag them.
Small correction, Brooders released at salish, WW, Junction City, Huddleston Pond etc. are 4-5 year old broodstock from roaring river fish hatchery, they are brooders not trophy's.
Trophy's are 16" plus stockers and are usually posted on the stocking schedule, whereas brooders are not posted in the schedule.
The meat even on Brooders is pink to red.. The 16 incher plus trophys that they stock are better eats than the brooders imo, well at least they look better to eat.. I don't eat either, just salmon and steel..I give all my trout catches to friends and family to eat
Some of the PIGS that show up at the pond will snag and keep anything they can. I've seen it happen all too often. I saw an old Russian guy take one that was covered in fungus, at least it was still swimming. I've seen guys take some that were already dead.
that russian gives me the creeps.... he likes to follow you esp. if ya caught one ..thinks he can come in and take yer spot over and then claims he can't speak english... weirdo..