Hello, and a quick question

Dragking · Member

Hello, and a quick question

lightfoot · Senior Member

If the fish arn't then California department of Fish and Game is. Check your regulations.

Xnjb707X · Senior Member

The rare and few left browns are spawning, please leave them be and wait a few months before you attempt to target them if you can. Also the rainbows are starting to spawn so it's just over all a bad idea to fish the creek for the next few months.

- Nic

Ty · Senior Member

Speaking of browns, does anyone know how many are caught each year? Or at least how many are counted from the angler survey?

Dragking · Member

Copy that. I didn't think the spawn was on yet. I guess it's steelhead time.

SK60 · Senior Member

Ty-usually less than 5 for the past 2 years.

CJ · Senior Member

Pretty rare at Putah for sure. My buddy said they used to get them all the time. If I remember correctly this was early 80's. He said 1 out of 10 fish was a brown and usually pretty close to 20 inch class. I haven't had the luck of tying into one at Putah myself. disbelief

Xnjb707X · Senior Member

They are still in the creek just not as many as there once were.. The few that still exisit just got really good at hiding, and there are some big ones still swiming around you just have to know where to look for them. biggrin

SK60 · Senior Member

Brown planting in LS stopped in'05. They typically live 7-8 years, so, without reproduction, they may disappear soon. A friend caught a 5" fish two summers ago, so some spawning is happening. Planting browns (outside of reservoirs) has slowed down because they tend to decimate local minnow populations.