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Post by JW Murray on Oct 17, 2006 16:22:57 GMT -5
 The brookies have begun to spawn so lets leave them alone until spring. I had one of my best years in recent memory this year and things look good for next year. These streams within the SNP, GWJNF and along the Blue Ridge Mountains throughout Virginia have all produced very well over the last couple of years. Make plans to hit these streams again sometime after the end of February 2007..............good luck to the brookies for a successful spawn and a mild winter 
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Post by cruser on Oct 17, 2006 21:08:25 GMT -5
I'm glad and sad at the same time! I love everything to do with those brookies. Let's conserve their habitat and let them live their natural way, but I know I will have a hard time waiting 'till spring. Jeff, where can I find stocking reports for places like the Jackson, South, and Dry?
Thanks for a great website. PC
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Post by JW Murray on Oct 18, 2006 19:43:06 GMT -5
The trout stocking schedule is available from the VA Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries at this link: www.dgif.virginia.gov/fishing/stock/troutstock.cfm You can check the most recent stocking schedule along with past stockings (within a month or so) for each stream. Good luck and tight lines |
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Post by ijsouth on Oct 19, 2006 21:39:54 GMT -5
Let's hope for good weather this winter. We are in an El Nino cycle now, which really saved our bacon, tropical weather-wise, this year along the gulf coast; it also usually means a warmer, wetter winter than average, at least down here - I would imagine it would be similar in the mid-Atlantic states.
I'll be there for one of the Mountain Trout classes this spring, and I'll probably pack up my kids for a trip up there when they get out of school. In the meantime, I'll be trying for a few redfish "on the fly" - cajun bonefish; our marsh fishing is at its best right now, in my opinion. I'll still have my mind on those brook trout, however.
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Post by gearboy on Oct 9, 2007 20:29:00 GMT -5
Jeff, I stay out of the streams when the Brookies spawn but then I do most of my fishing starting in the late fall and throughout the winter. I prefer fishing this time of the year. Is this bad to be fishing even after they spawn ?
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Post by JW Murray on Oct 15, 2007 21:01:42 GMT -5
This is one of those questions: Ask 10 people and get 10 different answers. We stay out of the mountain streams altogether until mid January. Brook Trout eggs take from between two and three months to hatch depending on water temperature. I have seen many brook trout fry in the back eddies of pools in early February. With this being said, there are eggs in the redds beginning October 1 (roughly) to the end of January. Check out this site for more details and information: www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10364_18958-96400--,00.html |
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The brookies have begun to spawn so lets leave them alone until spring. I had one of my best years in recent memory this year and things look good for next year. These streams within the SNP, GWJNF and along the Blue Ridge Mountains throughout Virginia have all produced very well over the last couple of years. 
