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Fish Profile - Brown Trout |
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Brown trout, native to northern Europe, were imported into this country from Germany and Scotland in the late 1800s. They were first stocked in North Carolina shortly after 1905, but were never as widely distributed as the rainbow. In fact, brown trout are still expanding their range in North Carolina today. Brown trout can be distinguished by their brownish-yellow color and the scattered black, red, and orange spots on their sides. The typical brown trout taken from North Carolina water is 12 inches or less in length, but fish greater than 18-inches long are occasionally taken. Brown trout are extremely wary and are the most difficult of the trout to catch. Once they become established in a stream, it is almost impossible to catch them out, even with heavy fishing pressure. Frequently, inexperienced anglers fishing in brown trout water will not get so much as a strike, and are convinced that there are no fish in the stream. In actuality, there may be an excellent population of wild browns. Brown trout prefer larger, slower flowing streams with an abundance of minnows. However, they also do well in some of the smaller, swifter streams too. Brown trout are stubborn fighters when hooked, but do not put on as spectacular an acrobatic show as the rainbow. Instead, they tend to go to the bottom and run underneath a log or into a rock crevice.
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