3/24, great fishing day at Lake Gregory!!! ):):+:(:(

[The Fishing Queen]

3/24, came to my mountain home in Crestline last night and wanted to do a little fishing at LG. After my delicious breakfast and coffee, I went to the lake and started to fish at 10:20am. There were some areas with snow on the ground, but most of the snow had melted away.
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It was pretty nice weather with gentle wind and it was about 60 degrees. The water was very clean and calm....... Quite few people were fishing along the shore. A couple with 4 poles had 2 trout, and a family of three with 6 poles had 3 fish. I fished between them for 15 mins and had no bites, and neither were the other fishermen around me - they told me that they caught their fish between 8-9 o'clock. I started to wander around and tried to find my own fishing hole. I like to cast out my lucky Super Duper to discover where the fish are, it is a great way to locate the fish in a large area. After a few long distance casts I hooked one good sized brown trout and landed my first fish at 10:40.
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p561/TheFishingQueen/IMAG0447.jpg
I continued using lures like a spinner and Kastmaster and hooked four more trout, they were fighting hard for their lives and I lost two of them on the way in during the battle. After an hour my arm got tired, so I set up both poles with PB, and caught 4 more trout by 12:15. I think I did pretty well today, I landed total of 7 fish (plus the lost 2) within 2 hours and most of them were brown trout. Kept 5 large fish as my limit and headed back home.....
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p561/TheFishingQueen/IMAG0488.jpg
(the last two fish have a strange color, and I wonder if it's because I put the fish in a bag in the freezer? Could they be hybrid?)

http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p561/TheFishingQueen/mini5.png

[Carptain_Bao]

Nice report! Good to see some brown trout been caught!Never caught one myself,still, good job!

[a321eric]

I've never caught a brown outta there! Good job I want to catch one now.

[The Fishing Queen]

Nice report! Good to see some brown trout been caught!Never caught one myself,still, good job!
Thank you for the kind words! They were more aggressive than rainbow trout, and their mouth shape is different than rainbow trout.

[The Fishing Queen]

I've never caught a brown outta there! Good job I want to catch one now.

Thanks, and I wish you good luck!

[zenmic]

Great report. First time I have ever caught trout was at Lake Gregory. If I read the fish planting schedule right, then Lake Gregory will get a trout planting the week of April 1st. I am hoping to go the next weekend.

[stressD]

ah, the infamous pink rod i read so much about, definitely girly looking, lol.
must have been fun, great job on the nice trouts.

[The Fishing Queen]

Great report. First time I have ever caught trout was at Lake Gregory. If I read the fish planting schedule right, then Lake Gregory will get a trout planting the week of April 1st. I am hoping to go the next weekend.
Thanks! I had a lot of good memories about Lake Gregory, it always rewards me with nice catches. Can't wait for spring to come!....

ah, the infamous pink rod i read so much about, definitely girly looking, lol.
must have been fun, great job on the nice trouts.
Thank you 'stressD '! I had great fun yesterday. And yes, pink is my lucky color, a girl has to fish in style, right?!:Wink:

[teejay]

That's a nice catch of fish Queen but I'm not sure that's a brown trout -looks more like an olive colored rainbow. Browns have red and black spots with halos. Maybe my computer monitor is not producing the colors properly.

[Natural Lefty]

I have never seen a Brown Trout out of Gregory, but I know they have been stocked there in the past. That makes me wonder if these were just stocked, or what? Good job on the trout, Fishing Queen!

[CraigH]

That's a nice catch of fish Queen but I'm not sure that's a brown trout -looks more like an olive colored rainbow. Browns have red and black spots with halos. Maybe my computer monitor is not producing the colors properly.

I was wondering the same thing. I've caught rainbows in cold water that have have looked a lot like that.

Did they taste different? A couple of people who have had brown trout told me they don't taste as good as rainbows.

[Kelster]

Thanks for the report Fishing Queen. I haven't been up there since June, used to fish there a lot last year. Nothing like walking the lake casting out the Super Duper and catching fish.

[shinbob]

That's a nice catch of fish Queen but I'm not sure that's a brown trout -looks more like an olive colored rainbow. Browns have red and black spots with halos. Maybe my computer monitor is not producing the colors properly.

I'm pretty sure those are rainbows as well. No halos, and the spotting pattern near the tails give them away. Plus a few of them have pink stripes, and browns don't interbreed with rainbows.

Having said that, who really cares, because those are some of the most beautiful stocker rainbows I've ever seen anywhere! How did the meat look?

[Troutcz swimbait]

Nice report,anything on the fly out there?

[The Fishing Queen]

That's a nice catch of fish Queen but I'm not sure that's a brown trout -looks more like an olive colored rainbow. Browns have red and black spots with halos. Maybe my computer monitor is not producing the colors properly.


I was wondering the same thing. I've caught rainbows in cold water that have have looked a lot like that.

Did they taste different? A couple of people who have had brown trout told me they don't taste as good as rainbows.


I'm pretty sure those are rainbows as well. No halos, and the spotting pattern near the tails give them away. Plus a few of them have pink stripes, and browns don't interbreed with rainbows.

Having said that, who really cares, because those are some of the most beautiful stocker rainbows I've ever seen anywhere! How did the meat look?
Thanks to 'teejay', 'CraigH' and 'shin bob' for reading my report and for replying to my post!!
I was wondering if they were brown trout or not when I caught them. The two guys fishing next to me said they were brown trout..... The two fish on the right do show some pink rainbow color on the body, the left three are much different. I have been fishing at Lake Gregory for a long time, (I live there 6 months every year from spring - fall and i fish almost every day) and have seen some trout that have different colors - some appear more silver, some are colorful rainbows, some are light olive green through darker olive green. But three of these are very different - their spots are larger, the mouth shape is longer, narrower and pointer, and the body shape is a little different than rainbow too..... I put them back to the freezer after I took the picture last night, now I am very curious about what they are and I am going to take them out and do a comparison with the rainbows I caught this morning. I'll take some pictures and let you guys know about it later......

[VIVID_FLY]

Did you do any fly fishing ... Nice catches

[The Fishing Queen]

I have never seen a Brown Trout out of Gregory, but I know they have been stocked there in the past. That makes me wonder if these were just stocked, or what? Good job on the trout, Fishing Queen!
Hi, 'Natural Lefty', thanks for the reply! I've never seen any trout like these. Not sure about the right side of two fish, they were strange color. I am going to check them out again and see what's the different between the rainbows.

[The Fishing Queen]

Did you do any fly fishing ... Nice catches

Thanks Chuck! And no, I didn't bring my fly pole. But I felt bad after I got to the lake, the trout were spawning in the shallow water and I could see them. It would have been a fun experience to try fly fishing and catch one. By the way, thanks for being a great teacher to teach me about fly fishing. I needed someone like you watch how I did, and tell me what I was doing wrong, so that I know how to improve myself better. You were very patient with me and I am very grateful for that! Just hope that I didn't take too much time away from you.

[The Fishing Queen]

Nice report,anything on the fly out there?

Hi John, just came back from Crestline this afternoon. I should have brought my fly pole. But I had fun these two days, I caught my limit again this morning before the rain.

[The Fishing Queen]

UPDATE: Here are some more pictures I took on 3/25, so you can see what kind of trout I caught. I compared them with the rainbows I caught this morning, so you can see the difference. I think they might be some kind of hybrid - brownbow? I Googled on line and found a couple of links about hybrid trout. I could be wrong too. But they sure look different than regular rainbows. The jaws are longer, narrower and pointer. Their teeth are sharp. I ate one for dinner tonight, and the meat is more firm than rainbow trout.

These are the 'other kind of trout'
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p561/TheFishingQueen/Browns/jaws3.png
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p561/TheFishingQueen/Browns/Brown1.png
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p561/TheFishingQueen/Browns/3Browns.png

Picture of the back of a rainbow(top) and the 'other' (bottom)
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p561/TheFishingQueen/Browns/Tops.png

Left side are rainbows, the others are on the right:

A) Tails - rainbow with spots, the other has no spots
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p561/TheFishingQueen/Browns/Tails.png

B) Body shapes and colors
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p561/TheFishingQueen/Browns/All6.png
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p561/TheFishingQueen/Browns/6CloseUp.png

C) The jaws
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p561/TheFishingQueen/Browns/All6jaws.png

Here is a article about brown trout:

http://www.squidoo.com/brown-trout

Brown Trout Information

The brown trout (Salmo trutta morpha) is native to Europe and Asia. The species belongs to the same genus (Salmo) as Atlantic Salmon.

Although brown trout are not native to North America, they have been widely stocked in streams and lakes due to their popularity with anglers.

The first stocking of brown trout into public waters of the U.S. occurred on April 11, 1884 in the Baldwin River, which was then known as the North Branch of the Pere Marquette River.

Freshwater brown trout vary color from silvery with few spots and a white belly, to the typical brown fading to creamy white on the fish's belly, with medium-sized spots surrounded by lighter coloration. Silver phase brown trout are sometimes mistaken for rainbow trout.

Sea trout (S. trutta morpha trutta) are fish of the same species that adopt an anadromous lifestyle, migrating to the sea and returning to freshwater only to spawn.

A brown trout over 10 pounds is a trophy. Occasionally fish exceed 30 inches in length.

Here are the links about hybrid trout:

http://troutfishinghelp.blogspot.com/2006/10/hybrid-trout.html
http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=140904

[shinbob]

UPDATE: Here are some more pictures I took on 3/25, so you can see what kind of trout I caught. I comparison them with the rainbows I caught this morning, so you can see the difference. I think they might be some kind of hybrid - brownbow? I googled on line and found a couple of links about hybrid trout. I could be wrong too. But they sure looks different than regular rainbows. The jaw are longer, narrower and pointer. Their teeth are sharp. I ate one for dinner tonight, and the meat are firm than rainbow trout.


I take it back, in those new pictures, it does definitely look like brown trout. Nice!!!

[HawgZWylde]

UPDATE: Here are some more pictures I took on 3/25, so you can see what kind of trout I caught. I comparison them with the rainbows I caught this morning, so you can see the difference. I think they might be some kind of hybrid - brownbow? I googled on line and found a couple of links about hybrid trout. I could be wrong too. But they sure looks different than regular rainbows. The jaw are longer, narrower and pointer. Their teeth are sharp. I ate one for dinner tonight, and the meat are firm than rainbow trout.

Picture of the back of a rainbow(top) and the 'other' (bottom)
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p561/TheFishingQueen/Browns/Tops.png
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p561/TheFishingQueen/Browns/Tails.png
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p561/TheFishingQueen/Browns/jaws3.png
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p561/TheFishingQueen/Browns/Brown1.png
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p561/TheFishingQueen/Browns/3Browns.png

Left side are rainbows, the others are on the right
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p561/TheFishingQueen/Browns/All6.png
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p561/TheFishingQueen/Browns/6CloseUp.png
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p561/TheFishingQueen/Browns/All6jaws.png

Here are the links about hybrid trout:
http://troutfishinghelp.blogspot.com/2006/10/hybrid-trout.html
http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=140904

Nice catch Fishing Queen! Those on the right look like hatchery brownies to me. The spots, the jaws, the gillplates, and it's lips are the give away. Good job!

[The Fishing Queen]

I take it back, in those new pictures, it does definitely look like brown trout. Nice!!!

I can't believe that I spent so much time searching for info on this. I got hooked!! It's fun to find the answer. Again, thanks for following up on my report! :Smile:

[The Fishing Queen]

Nice catch Fishing Queen! Those on the right look like hatchery brownies to me. The spots, the jaws, the gillplates, and it's lips are the give away. Good job!

Thanks! Never saw a brown trout before, I was confused. I heard they did stock the brown trout in Lake Gregory before. I tried to take better pictures with my camera, but my kitchen light wasn't that great. They came out darker than I wanted.

[The Fishing Queen]

Thanks for the report Fishing Queen. I haven't been up there since June, used to fish there a lot last year. Nothing like walking the lake casting out the Super Duper and catching fish.

They are going to stock the trout in beginning of April. And the trout derby is going to be in end of April, I think? Anyway, I love this lake, it's so beautiful!

[LuckyBasser]

Maybe this will help u out a lil. This is a brown from big pine California. http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z437/Shade42087/Snapbucket/02d2ad7c-orig.jpg

[The Fishing Queen]

Maybe this will help u out a lil. This is a brown from big pine California. http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z437/Shade42087/Snapbucket/02d2ad7c-orig.jpg
Thanks, just did a little search for brown trout on google images, and saw some brown trout with a few different color patterns. Very interesting!

[fishfnatic]

Nice job on the trouts Alice. Also great info now I don't have to do the research myself. Thanks! lol

[The Fishing Queen]

Thanks 'fishfnatic' (Kevin)! I got hooked on searching for the answer, at least it's educational! I am a 'google junkie', and love to read and browse online. If I am home all day I can get addicted to the computer. That why I need to get out of house and go fishing.....:Razz:

[FSHNLIC]

Congrats on the brownies.... those look to be some recently planted brownies as they do not sport the red spots... had they been planted as sub-catchables or fingerlings they would have had the red spots.... if ur gonna stock the brownies put em in small so they can grow to big beauties

[Skyler]

The county stocks those brownies sometimes before derbies. Most people don't catch 'em because they very seldom bite powerbait. But throw some Kastmasters into the deeper water and they'll show their face.

[The Fishing Queen]

Congrats on the brownies.... those look to be some recently planted brownies as they do not sport the red spots... had they been planted as sub-catchables or fingerlings they would have had the red spots.... if ur gonna stock the brownies put em in small so they can grow to big beauties


The county stocks those brownies sometimes before derbies. Most people don't catch 'em because they very seldom bite powerbait. But throw some Kastmasters into the deeper water and they'll show their face.

Thank you 'FSHNLIC' and 'Skyler' for replying to my post! I appreciate the info that you gave me. That's interesting to hear that they stocks the brownies before derbies. I know the fishing derby is coming up in April. Maybe that's why??...
Anyway, these trout fought hard than rainbows, and I lost two of them on the way in, maybe their jaws are more narrower ????....

[teejay]

Well I declare! Those trout don't have the red spots and halos like the browns I've caught but after looking at the new pictures they sure don't look like rainbows either. Perhaps the DFG stocked a hatchery strain of brown in the lake. Maybe those browns will thin out the dinky crappies.
Thanks for the follow up.

[Matt44]

Congrats on the browns def a fun fish to catch.

[The Fishing Queen]

Thank you 'Matt44' ! :Smile:

[The Fishing Queen]

Well I declare! Those trout don't have the red spots and halos like the browns I've caught but after looking at the new pictures they sure don't look like rainbows either. Perhaps the DFG stocked a hatchery strain of brown in the lake. Maybe those browns will thin out the dinky crappies.
Thanks for the follow up.

Thanks for checking back with me! Well, I think the pictures I took at my mountain home weren't that good. I had florescent lights in kitchen and it reflects too much. Then because I just took them out from freezer for picture taking, they might have had some icy on them and made it look like a white pattern. But this time I was more careful to soak them in water for a longtime and rinse the ice off before the photos.
Two of them have very tiny light orange spots on belly, but not the big red halo like you said. It's hard to see them from the picture. My camera isn't that great and the kitchen light wasn't too bright, that made the pictures came out darker. The color of fish is more olive brown than dark olive green rainbow. I think they might be some kind of brown trout or hybrid 'brown- bow'. I checked brown trout on google images and I was surprised to see some browns with a few different color patterns. It all depends on the hatcheries, or where the fish live. The river browns, or lake browns and creek stream browns are little different in colors and patterns too. I guess it's just like rainbows, it could be light olive green to darker olive green, or from sliver rainbow to colorful rainbow.....
Anyway, it's interesting to learn something new, I felt like a kid in school doing some experiments for a science report. Except my kitchen was pretty slimy and smelly last night. Oh, well!:LOL:

[Skyler]

Perhaps the DFG stocked a hatchery strain of brown in the lake.

They weren't put there by DFG. The fish that DFG stocks there come from the Mohave Hatchery. They only grow rainbows there anymore. San Bernardino County Parks and Recreation get their fish from private hatcheries. The county fish almost always are of much higher caliber. Sometimes browns get mixed in, often intentionally.

[Natural Lefty]

It seemed clear to me from the photos in your original post that some of those fish were Brown Trout, Fishing Queen. The newer photos look like negative images to me, for some reason.

There are many varieties of Brown Trout. Some of them have red spots, but others do not. Some also have pretty yellow bellies, but others do not. The most famous variety which has no red spots is called the Loch Leven Brown Trout, from Scotland, which has been stocked in California, so I am guessing that is what there are.

[The Fishing Queen]

It seemed clear to me from the photos in your original post that some of those fish were Brown Trout, Fishing Queen. The newer photos look like negative images to me, for some reason.

Same trout, except the photo was taken in two different kitchens. The original photos were taken under the florescent light in my Crestline home, the newer pictures were taken under regular, yellowish light in my Covina home.

[sumojo]

nice report and some nice pictures