Pa brown coughs up its last meal...
Pa brown coughs up its last meal...
Hit a poconos stream earlier on Sunday. Nailed a few nice browns including the very brown brown below. While fighting it, it regurgitated its last meal - a 6" brown trout. So maybe add a 6" trout colored rapala to my repertoire?
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Re: Pa brown coughs up its last meal...
I have seen videos of guys fishing the White River system of Arkansas for bruiser browns-they often use what I think of as bass style jerk baits to catch those browns. So yeah-a six inch rapala might do the trick for the bigger PA browns too! One of the first thing that I learned about larger brown trout is that they WILL cannibalize other brown trout. I don't know if this is more true for browns than other species or not, but it was certainly the case for the one you caught!
Check out from minute 4 for the jerkbaits for big brownies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6ryEXi0CTw
Check out from minute 4 for the jerkbaits for big brownies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6ryEXi0CTw
Re: Pa brown coughs up its last meal...
I liked when they used the skulpins !!! And pulled there pants down!!!
Re: Pa brown coughs up its last meal...
I have pickerel do this to me pretty often, never a trout though! I wonder how long since he ate that other brown? Its still identifiable but probably wouldnt have been for much longer.
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Re: Pa brown coughs up its last meal...
Funny thing is the stream is full of food. If you lift any rock, there are dozens of Epeorus mayflies, Stenoma maylfies and lots of caddis. I guess he wanted fish for dinner!
Re: Pa brown coughs up its last meal...
Not at all surprising. A few years ago I watched a big brown in the big pool at the bottom of the upper glen nab an approx 8-9 inch rainbow and casually swim around with it in his mouth until it was dead and then turn it to swallow it head first. Took about 15-20 minutes for the whole process, very interesting to watch especially considering the brown was only about 18-20 inches itself.