True, Ripple, about the native range of rainbow trout. They have, as we know, been successfully established around the world. In some places, like the southern Applachians, they have driven the native brookies out.
Personally, I know of no brook or rainbow trout in the Park, but there may be some.
Posted by: ripple Posted on: Jul 22nd, 2013 at 5:08pm
I thought rainbows were actually only native ("natural") to tributaries to the Pacific Ocean...? (Though long established to the Great Lakes area through stocking and disperal) Brookies, on the other hand, found in the middle of North America since the glaciers pulled back.
Posted by: PINETREE Posted on: Jun 4th, 2013 at 8:57pm
Thanks on the brookies,that is very interesting. Always been a brookie fan and though it would be neat to have a stream in the wilderness to fish them. Usually fish the south and central part of the park,which does not have much for cold water streams.
Posted by: jaximus Posted on: Jun 1st, 2013 at 2:25am