If I recall correctly, one of the reasons brookies are able to outcompete native species is that they can spawn in stillwater, without the need for gravel beds or running water like RBs or CTs.
Kent Lufkin >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
