Salty Brown

[PV_Premier]

I’m not aware of BT in any of the other coastal rivers except the Trinity, but I’d love to be proven wrong. My experience with true sea run browns in NZ is that they are a bit chromed up and their girth to length ratio is generally greater than a non-anadromous fish in the same system. The sea runs are more football shaped while the non migrating fish are more torpedo shaped.

[Larry S]

PV,
We used to catch quite a few browns trolling in Michigan waters that fed into Lake
Michigan and yes, they were definitely football shaped. The lakers were near the
bottom and the browns were usually 20 - 40 feet below the surface.
Thanks for stirring up old memories.
Best,
Larry S
Sun Diego

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Over my lifetime I enjoyed reading about the Great Lakes fisheries.

[Larry S]

Bill,
My parents had a home on Michigan's Lake Charlevoix which fed into
the big lake. A great smallmouth resource and it would get lakers, salmon,
and steelhead from Lake Michigan. Perch and walleye are also
plentiful. Spent many summers back on those waters as well as the
many great trout streams. I always wanted to fish for the big brookies
coming out of Ontario's streams into Superior. Maybe next life!!!!
The '60' introduction of salmonids was, and continues to be, quite
successful. This, after the devastation caused by the lamphreys that
came in via the St Lawrence SeaWay.
Best,
Larry S
Sun Diego