If only it resulted in the natural process of reduced spawning, but unfortunately brookies breed themselves - and their native brethren - into near extinction. You see it in some of the lakes around Adams. Less fish, more stunted, and usually skinnier.
A new Robin Williams flick - "Death to Brookies" (west of the Rockies, at least)! Sean Kent Lufkin wrote: > Brian, > > Your comment is echoed by other fishers who periodically report > populations of stunted brookies in alpine or sub-alpine lakes. As > they outcompete wild fish, the brookies' success ultimately becomes > their downfall as their increasing populations deplete the available > food supply. > > Kent Lufkin > > >Sean, > >I stand corrected. I should have used the wild (not planted) rather > >then native. These were definitely brookies, not dollies. We didn't > >catch any cutts in these streams. The brookies outnumbered the bows > >by about 10 to 1. They were starting to signs of becoming stunted > >due to the numbers in the creek. Some of the 7 inchers looked like > >they were about maxed out size wise. Small bodies with big heads. > >Brian
