Smith river Bassett Virginia 1/18/21:

[AndyS]

They look wild to me.

[tautog]

Lots of small wild browns there. Anything over 12 inches is pretty big. I have heard that there are fewer but larger browns below the next dam.

[AndyS]

I went down and checked out the next dam on Dye Plant Rd. near Martinsville, red signs, $1000.00 fine for trespassing, no access, and talk about trash on the banks OMG !

[thmyorke1]

purrty wild brown

the various wild trout fisheries are mysterious, sometimes big ones other times lots of small ones. I wonder what limits the growth size in that brown trout population?

[FASTEDDIE29]

Making moves and finding the fish! That’s awesome! Catch em up Cap’n!

[tautog]

Heard the access stinks below Martinsville which is probably why there are bigger fish. Not that much forage in the Smith to feed large browns. Back in the 70s there were shad and monster browns up to 15lbs. Guess it is sort of like what happened to Round Valley. But you can't beat relatively easy access with lots small wild trout.

[Pondhopper8]

Pretty brown and river 👍👍

[AndyS]

Originally Posted by tautog

Heard the access stinks below Martinsville which is probably why there are bigger fish. Not that much forage in the Smith to feed large browns. Back in the 70s there were shad and monster browns up to 15lbs. Guess it is sort of like what happened to Round Valley. But you can't beat relatively easy access with lots small wild trout.

They changed the regs, stringers and worm containers now.