Outdoor life
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Nice Rainbow for sure!!!! Those are also some very nice pics you others have posted. Love that Brookie 7mm08 as well, but they are a native fish here in TN as well.
7mm08 said:That big brookie is from Maine where they are native.
Outdoor life said:Nice Rainbow for sure!!!! Those are also some very nice pics you others have posted. Love that Brookie 7mm08 as well, but they are a native fish here in TN as well.
7mm08 said:True dat on he "native trout/char" for TN. QUESTION is , how do you know they where native/ stream born bows in the Clinch.
stik said:7mm08 said:True dat on he "native trout/char" for TN. QUESTION is , how do you know they where native/ stream born bows in the Clinch.
if all the fins are intact, it's a stream-bred fish. hatchery fish's tails are rounded off from wear in the hatchery raceways. and normally one of the pectoral fins will be clipped.
7mm08 said:Stik. you know they are throwing in a 3-4" fish now into the clinch. I know what you are saying about the fins, but don't you think those small ones probably haven't been swimming in the concrete tanks long enough to wear down the fins?
I know there are native browns on the S. Holston. I would love to think there is some native reproduction on the Clinch as well.