What happened to the fanny bridge trout?

[WinterrunRon]

Took the inlaws from Florida on a driving/walking tour of North Shore. Stopped at fanny bridge to see... a whopping half dozen fish. What happend to the hundreds that used to be in there?! Poaching?

[OceanSunfish]

Took the inlaws from Florida on a driving/walking tour of North Shore. Stopped at fanny bridge to see... a whopping half dozen fish. What happend to the hundreds that used to be in there?! Poaching?

I assume you're refering to the bridge in Tahoe City that crosses the Truckee River as it runs out of Lake Tahoe..... Geeze, if you only saw 6 trout..... I would be very sad to hear that they were poached or met their demise some other way. I was hoping to show the fish to my kids in a couple of weeks when we'll take a drive up and see the fall colors and breath that crisp fresh air, etc.

I used to love to go see all those big beautiful trout as a kid..... What is going on?! Regardless of what happened, it's sad that there are only 6 fish by the bridge.

[pgw]

Rumor has it that some of them got spoiled when they were fed white mice dropped from the bridge...must have sent them downstream looking for more.

What was the water level and air temp? If the flows out of the lake get reduced and the water in that pool warms up, they take off looking for colder water that contains more O2.

Paul

[Darian]

Doesn't that area of the Truckee almost become de-watered periodocally due to severe low water conditions and no flow from Tahoe Of course, with the wet winter/spring we just experienced maybe the opposite (too much water) is the case. Either way, sounds like they may've re-located downstream....

[Frank Roepke]

Very interesting…..it would be great to find out where they swam off to. Might be time to Hunt for the Red October!

[OceanSunfish]

There doesn't appear to be anything 'written up' about the "missing" trout from under Fanny Bridge. Therefore, I surmise the fish left the area on their own OR worse, they were poached and with the lack of DFG resources, nobody in law enforcement realizes they were poached.....

BTW, anybody know if they head off to different areas downriver to actually spawn? Talk about a load of broodstock.....

[bigfly]

Low flows, O2, temps, all figure.
Fish pellet feeding has dropped off with lower tourist flows too.
Saw them disappear once before. That time, it seemed to coincide with the stocking of the cutties down stream.
As suggested, the tough economy has people catching fish, and eating'em!
But it would be a daring move, given the fish's popularity, and the fine.
Can't imagine the flavor being that good anyway. Not exactly bug feeders.

It is definitely that time, to hunt subs though.

Jim

[jigger]

When the lake gets below a certain level, they open the dam wide open and it no longer serves as a dam. Now a days, as I drive by, I can see right through the gates and see the morning sun on lake tahoe. All gates open. Nothing to stop a fish from going upstream into big blue.

[flyfishnevada]

I would guess that there is another food source downstream or the conditions aren't ideal right now. It has been pretty warm. They may seem tame, but they are free to leave. maybe right now would a be a good time to fish the Truckee

[Ralph]

They got crushed by a guy flipping out. Here's the video http://biggeekdad.com/2010/08/river-rope-swing/