Tag Archive: Trout Behavior

Kayak Fishing For Trout and Salmon on Lake Ontario

It’s the time of year I’ve been waiting for. Football season is upon us, there’s a distinct sharp chill in the evening air, and the trout and salmon of the Great Lakes are preparing to make their runs. My kayak and I are ready. We wait for the perfect wind, and perfect skies. And we …

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Another failed bass fishing trip…

The water is really still too cold here for good bass fishing, but I tried anyway in a Lake Ontario Tributary west of Rochester, NY, for an hour or so after work this evening. I’m ashamed to admit that I failed… All I caught was a large yellow perch and this dink brown trout… Lesson …

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Interesting Nymphing Article

Another article I bumped into this morning (too much reading, too little fishing). It has instructions and a video on tying the The Czech Nymph. Czech nymphing is a style of fishing that originated in central and eastern Europe. It was first introduced to western anglers through the cross pollination that is a natural by-product …

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Stocked Trout Behavior

Bumped into this post on stocked trout behavior over at a blog run by Jim Guida. An interesting quote: That is to say, hatchery fish behave differently than natural fish, in the wild (I’ll use the NOAA Fisheries terms for birth type: “wild” is born in the wild, “hatchery” is born in the hatchery, and …

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