the fly section of this forum is mainly saltwater and since most of us fish up here i will ask it on here. in the saluda are the trout spread throughout the river ALL winter or do the majority of them move. for example all move down/up or what? just asking think i may do some heavy trout fishin this winter. caught 10 yesterday but no size to them. guy at the ramp had 2 really nice ones about 14/16"…any help would be appreciated…
they stay spread out, but seem to congregate at the same type spots in each stretch of the river…you can easily catch them at most any of the little rapids from the zoo to the dam all winter…i’ve heard people say they they move up the river when the stripers come up it the spring, but I’m usually tageting stripers by then, so can’t say i’ve seen that
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were they all rainbows? or some browm trout too?
This was Tuesday last week. Probably 6"
This was this morning. Probably 12"
Can they get bigger???
15 min later they did get a little bigger. 19" 2.8#…
practice catch & release and they grow bigger for years to come. Even in the Saluda.
Please release all the trout, The big stripers need them for protein!
Thanks for the pics…but you’re going to have to give up your man card for using corn and pink canned bait. LOL.
lol…gave up on the corn and dough bait after the first 30min…nothing but tiny fish and the bottom. biggest trout was actually taken on a cricket…lol…
Please tell my wife that the trout in the 1st picture really is 6". Otherwise she’s going to think I’ve been lying to her all these years.
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