Trout fishing trip

rfberan

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Trout fishing trip or extended picnic?????? [whistle] You guys eat better than I when camping. hehe


My fine dining came only from the trout. I too spent 2 days fishing a couple hours from home.


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This fawn appeared, just ten feet away from me. She was very curious, unlike her mama, who I could not see, was not as pleased by my presence.


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This Brown put on quite a show. It was obvious she ruled that section of the stream. She hit with authority and came out of the water, leaping three times before I could bring her to the net. Sometimes it just takes that one good fish, to turn an "ok" trip into a stellar one.


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Guess I will have to modify my food list to include some rib eye, wine and swordfish. [w00t] [w00t] I do have to admit, the swordfish sounds tasty.

PS; Unfortunately, 99 percent of my local trout fishing is stocked. I like to stalk less traveled waters, so I do occasionally run into that Brown or Rainbow, which has been surviving on stream food for several weeks/months. Much much better flavor, than those fish eating hatchery pellets.
 
The brown in the pan is a smaller one from the first day. The larger Brown is destined for the oven and a baking dish. On a related note; I tried some Chicken of the Woods for the first time, earlier this year. It was ok, but maybe I did not prepare it the best. What is your favorite method?
 
We just saute in butter and olive oil. Salt and pepper. Not a great deal of taste but a nice firm texture. I like in gumbo or stew especially for the texture.
 
Looks like upper Kettle has been fishable all summer with plenty of water, a big change out that way from last year. Nice pictures from a great looking trip.
 
The weekend before it was to high. We hit it at a perfect level. It was interesting that we had very few mosquitos and deer flies. Our friend up there said they were attributing to it being extra dry last year. Despite that there was a small hatch of sulphers. But the brookies loved a hopper.
 
Huntindave McCann said:
The brown in the pan is a smaller one from the first day. The larger Brown is destined for the oven and a baking dish. On a related note; I tried some Chicken of the Woods for the first time, earlier this year. It was ok, but maybe I did not prepare it the best. What is your favorite method?

Beautiful trout. As far as mushrooms go chicken of the woods is only so-so. It doesn't have much natural mushroom flavor, and it really only takes on the flavor of whatever you cook it with. I prefer to use it with some type of Marsala wine, butter, rosemary, either with Pheasant chunks or quail added. However, It will not add the heavy mushroom flavor like a maitake or Chantrelle
 
jode hillman said:
Carl said:
Jealous!!

Would love to see some pics of wild brookies!

Sorry to hijack this thread, but here's a few wild brookies that were recently caught in the higher elevations in the Smokies. I sure have a weak spot for them.

From what I hear from my colleagues in the Smokies, those are BIG brookies.

Gorgeous area. I did a trip each spring when I was living in Michigan, which means I have not been back since 1993.
 
Jeff Reardon said:
jode hillman said:
Carl said:
Jealous!!

Would love to see some pics of wild brookies!

Sorry to hijack this thread, but here's a few wild brookies that were recently caught in the higher elevations in the Smokies. I sure have a weak spot for them.

From what I hear from my colleagues in the Smokies, those are BIG brookies.

Gorgeous area. I did a trip each spring when I was living in Michigan, which means I have not been back since 1993.

Jeff, these are big Brookies for the Smokies. Most I have caught topped out at about 9 inches. I found these in a tail water. Which means more consistent temperature plus more food.

They don't compare to some of the monster 3-4 pound brookies I caught up in Maine back in the late 80s. Those are still and will forever be etched in my mind.
 
rfberan said:
Here's the mount I was gifted after my friend's father's death. He was an avid fly fisherman and had caught and mounted about every species of trout from around the world. This Brookie was from Labrador.

Nice
 
rfberan said:
Here's the mount I was gifted after my friend's father's death. He was an avid fly fisherman and had caught and mounted about every species of trout from around the world. This Brookie was from Labrador.

Wow! That's impressive!
 
I caught a few 3-5 lb brookies on two trips to Newfoundland back in the early 70's. But nothing even close to this class.
 
Holy Smoke!!
That's huge!
"creek salmon"!!

My biggest wild brookie was a breeding condition male about 14" caught in a tiny remote stream in central PA back in summer of 1989 or '90.
No way near this size!
 
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