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Re: WILLOW TREES SUCK OUT POISON FROM STREAMS
Reply #15 - Apr 24^th, 2018 at 7:30pm

NativeBrookie wrote on Apr 24^th, 2018 at 2:57pm:

Jizzy Pearl wrote on Apr 24^th, 2018 at 2:43pm:

NativeBrookie wrote on Apr 24^th, 2018 at 10:53am:

Where? Certainly not in brookie streams I hope.

In all my favorite WI water that I fish!!!

A guy can only take catching so many 7" brook trout all day long!!! Cheesy

If all you're catching is 7 inchers you're doing something wrong. Almost every time out the brookies I catch range from 6 to 12 inches and more than a fair share of 12-15 inchers every few trips or so. Hell, even a 17 or 18 incher sometimes. One time a 19 1/2 incher. But I haven't hit the 20 mark yet.

I harvest almost all the browns I catch, especially in brookie water.

Undersized alien browns in brookie streams tend to make good scavenger food in the woods. But you didn't hear that from me. On one memorable trip a nearby mink was very happy with me. The reason? I have no idea. Wink

Well, whomever it is that feeds the mink should be careful. If you have the locals overfishing the brookies, and the mink feeders getting rid of the browns, you might be left with not much of either.

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Re: WILLOW TREES SUCK OUT POISON FROM STREAMS
Reply #16 - Apr 25^th, 2018 at 6:52am

NativeBrookie wrote on Apr 24^th, 2018 at 2:57pm:

Jizzy Pearl wrote on Apr 24^th, 2018 at 2:43pm:

NativeBrookie wrote on Apr 24^th, 2018 at 10:53am:

Where? Certainly not in brookie streams I hope.

In all my favorite WI water that I fish!!!

A guy can only take catching so many 7" brook trout all day long!!! Cheesy

If all you're catching is 7 inchers you're doing something wrong. Almost every time out the brookies I catch range from 6 to 12 inches and more than a fair share of 12-15 inchers every few trips or so. Hell, even a 17 or 18 incher sometimes. One time a 19 1/2 incher. But I haven't hit the 20 mark yet.

Ohhhh...I catch 'em that size also. I'm not saying all that I catch is 7 inchers...But an average day of fishing and an average summer of fishing...the typical brookie is 7-8" long...couple of 10-12" in there every now and then occasionally the 12-16".

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« Last Edit: Apr 25^th, 2018 at 6:54am by Jizzy Pearl »

I LOVE COWS! THEY PACK DOWN THE STREAM BANKS FOR US...THEN WE EAT THEM!!

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Re: WILLOW TREES SUCK OUT POISON FROM STREAMS
Reply #17 - Apr 25^th, 2018 at 6:59am

tannin wrote on Apr 24^th, 2018 at 7:29pm:

I will never like those $%#@ lunker structures on northwoods freestone streams. I could tolerate them if they left some space between them so the fish could drop back to feed on insects, but when they are linked together like a chain, I don't believe they look anything like the northern rivers ever looked.

Amen to that!! Hopefully there is some monster flooding and big ice chunks that float down and tear those things out this spring!! That's usually what happens to them over time anyway.

DNR / TU has really made a lot of unfriendly water with them damn things! Now they've resorted to putting a billion boulders in the streams or making that first step off the bank over your head. Taking a canoe or other floaty device down them is like playing a game of pin ball and wading becomes difficult.

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« Last Edit: Apr 25^th, 2018 at 7:03am by Jizzy Pearl »

I LOVE COWS! THEY PACK DOWN THE STREAM BANKS FOR US...THEN WE EAT THEM!!

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Grizzly Thug WFFP Moderator Offline The Helpful Union Guys" - THUGS Posts: 3435 Land of Perpetually Offended Gender:	Re: WILLOW TREES SUCK OUT POISON FROM STREAMS Reply #18 - Apr 25^th, 2018 at 7:23am Whack a brown save a brookie. I save my brookie fry time for Montana. Limit of 25 Nobody really counts. 2 years ago my brother and I ate over 50 in a week. That is the way to treat invasive species.
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NativeBrookie Damsel Fly Offline Posts: 340 Northern WI Gender:	Re: WILLOW TREES SUCK OUT POISON FROM STREAMS Reply #19 - Apr 25^th, 2018 at 7:36am The whacking begins May 5th.
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Re: WILLOW TREES SUCK OUT POISON FROM STREAMS
Reply #20 - Apr 27^th, 2018 at 12:23am

Beavers love willows, brook trout big waters are beaver ponds, so willows are great for brook trout. Wink

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Gimp WFFP Moderator Offline Gimpers keep out! Posts: 2147 Northern, WI Gender:	Re: WILLOW TREES SUCK OUT POISON FROM STREAMS Reply #21 - Apr 27^th, 2018 at 4:55am Jason, don't buddy. Some windmills are best not jousted.
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NativeBrookie Damsel Fly Offline Posts: 340 Northern WI Gender:	Re: WILLOW TREES SUCK OUT POISON FROM STREAMS Reply #22 - Apr 28^th, 2018 at 9:42pm WHITE ADMIRAL wrote on Apr 27^th, 2018 at 12:23am: Beavers love willows, brook trout big waters are beaver ponds, so willows are great for brook trout. Beaver ponds provide good fishing for a while, but are ultimately detrimental to the fishery in the long run.
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