Brown Trout Details

Brown Trout Source: Raver, Duane. http://images.fws.gov. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
  • Water Type: freshwater
  • Latin Name: Salmo trutta
  • Common Names: Brown, Brownie, English Brown Trout, European Brown Trout, German Brown Trout, German Trout, German Brown, Lochleven Trout, Von Behr Trout,
  • World Record: 40 lbs, 4 oz., from Little Red River in Herber Springs, Arkansas, on May 9, 1992 by Howard L. Collins.
  • Last Modified By: baystateangler on 08/03/15 07:33 AM
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Baits and Tackle for Brown Trout

Streamer Check Prices

  • crawler off the bottom also. Tis is a great lake to float tube NO BOATS w/ motors lots of great fishing

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • BIG brown here. and smallie bass too. great rainbow. but known for the BROWNS

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

Hard Swimbait Check Prices

  • fast trolling the banks during the daytime gold and black rapalas 8" long. very fast

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • drifting thru stump fields w/ small sliding weight. Me and Brother caught and released 30 of them
  • floated off the bottom2-3'
  • Troll, bank, of float tube. This spot is known by locals as the home of the BIG browns, this is also a great spot fo LARGE small mouths. Lots of fishing everwhere. ck w/ local baitshops on where to go.
  • big brown here at INLET. Throughout lake big trout. Power bait works and big lures too.
  • floating nihgt crawler about 30" off the bottom. Yozuri stickbaits work here and kastmaster in the red slow retrieved. there are rainbows too.
  • floated off bottom about 30 ". real light biters, so watch line for twitches. 1 rainbow 3 browns
  • floated off bottom about 3 feet. real light biters as the water is still very cold and ther is still snow on the banks and it's deep.

Brown Trout Description

This is a true "trout" Native to Europe. It is not indiginous to the U.S.

-Massachusetts State Record is 19 lbs 10 oz caught by Dana Deblois in 1966 at Wachusett Reservoir

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