Itasca County's stream trout lakes.

[bmc]

I'm a new member and was just wondering if any of you fish the stocked stream trout lakes in Itasca County? I've been out a few times this year and caught a couple splake up on Kremer on trout opener and have caught a few rainbows out of Tioga Pit near Cohasset. On Feb. 13, I caught a 20 1/4 inch rainbow out of Tioga, after debating for about 20 minutes, I decided to bring it to Elich Taxidermy to get it mounted. From what Jeff said, it's one of the bigger rainbows he's seen from this area.
Thanks,
Brian

[mwktrapper]

bmc,

I have fished just about every stream trout lake in the area. I have a friend who caught an 8 pound rainbow just a few years back. If you want to talk about some of these lakes email me at [email protected]

[Guest]

Greg...Maverick Browns? Are they European or German Browns?

(Salmo trutta fario) is the European strain that has been stocked in our area.
(Salmo trutta trutta) is the German strain also stocked in our area.

The fario has large spots in relation to the trutta, which has more spots and smaller ones and is considerably more chunky in appearance. Just curious because I have never heared the term Maverick used.

Thanks!

Brian

[Greg Clusiau]

Alaskander70:

When using the word "maverick", I meant that they were "strays". There's a few of them in there and they're not easy to come by. What type are they? I don't know. You tell me.

GC

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[Greg Clusiau]

BMC:

A friend of mine caught an 8 1/2 pound rainbow out of Tioga a few years ago. Had it mounted by Elich. It has to be one of the nicest mounts I've ever seen. Very pretty fish.

There's been a few big bows taken out of Nashwauk's La Rue Pit. I've heard of at least three in the 5-6 pound range. They measure around 24". It's a tough pit to fish. Not a lot of action but nice fish. Also some maverick browns in there, as well.

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[Guest]

GC...I thought that maverick was a local term given to the Browns in there. The Browns most commonly stocked in our area are German browns. The genus and species is Salmo trutta if your curious, they are usually very stocky fish with hefty shoulders.

The only native trout we have in Minnesota is the Brook trout and I wish they would stock more lakes in Itasca Co. with brookies. In pits I like to see diversity of species because it makes it more fun to fish them. You never know what your going to catch.

Hey...How did you do on LOW for Lakers?

[Greg Clusiau]

Alaskander70:

It was sort of slow up there but we did get a few fish. I did as well as anyone (numbers)and only caught 9 fish with the largest going 24".

Some members of our group, however, caught some nice lakers. Top three were 9 1/2, 12 1/2, and 21 pounds.

It was a fun trip with good friends and great weather.

GC