Shay, sea run brown trout are found along the eastern seaboard from New
Jersey to Newfoundland. Like brook trout, brown trout in streams with
easy access to the salt will generally have at least a portion of the
population that takes advantage of the additional food supply. While
brook trout usually spend only a few months at sea (generally quite
close to the "home" estuary), browns apparently will sometimes spend
much longer periods in the salt. Here, in Nova Scotia, most sea run
browns fall into the 2 - 4 pound class, although double digit fish are
landed very occasionally. At least as far as I know, the largest sea run
browns on the east coast come from Newfoundland where they have caught
them over 20 pounds.
The most famous place for the largest sea run browns is Patagonia.
Brown trout are Europe's native trout and there are hundreds if not
thousands of rivers which host sea run populations.
Large sea runs in this part of the world (or in Europe for that matter)
are rarely caught during the day. They are exceedingly spooky and so the
best fishing is just before or during full dark. Generally our fishing
day is restricted to daylight hours however certain well-known sea run
rivers are at least partially open all night. In Newfoundland the giants
are usually caught on the right tide and after 1 AM. Dedicated sea run
brown fishers sleep during the day. When I fished for them in Norway the
river was actually closed for much of the day. We fished from 9 PM to 6
AM.
Cheers,
Paul
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Paul Marriner
Outdoor Writing & Photography. Member OWAA & OWC. Author of Atlantic
Salmon, Ausable River Journal, Miramichi River Journal, and Modern
Atlantic Salmon Flies.
