Brown trout spawning:

[Lobster Tales]

Andy,

As usual, great info.

[tautog]

Originally Posted by surfrod

The largest brown trout I ever personally saw and held was (obviously) a holdover in the Toms River while electrofishing with NJF&W. Measured 22".

Just upstream from where the brown was found, small (I would guess YOY) sunfish 2-3" and lots of them. Of course a ton of eels of various sizes (not elvers) were brought up as well.

Never got out to fish for fall browns, very interesting stuff!

and KD: you actually get to FISH nowadays?

Haven't done any freshwater in a while. My ankle is just not the same after my surgery and wading on rocks is very tricky plus it doesn't bend downward as well anymore so fishing on sloped banks is very painful after a while. Works just fine on boats though.