i remain convinced they are freshly stocked for three reasons: they showed up out of nowhere along with the big rainbows, are the wrong size for wild fish this time of year, and are in terrible shape.
i fish the spot year round and have been there 2-3 times per week in the past month... i suppose that it is possible that there have been all of these tiny browns and that they were just all hiding with lockjaw before and then decided to start getting caught
one after another yesterday, but i find that unlikely.
the browns were small, but all similarly sized, too small to be holdovers.
the biggest thing was their condition though: very rough.
for comparison, this is the color, size, and condition of an actual wild brown at this time of year:
i already emailed DFW to ask if they put these in. my question was if anybody else was seeing these little guys around unexpectedly?
