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RobO · Joined: 24 May 2010 Posts: 285 Location: South Windsor

I was fishing the Farmington River this past Saturday and did pretty well in one of my favorite spots in the TMA area.

I caught 12 trout in 3 hours all browns. My buddy caught 4 trout, one of them being a 17 inch rainbow in a small creek area of the river right behind a big rock. The creek area was about 3 feet wide. He thought he might catch a brookie but ended up catching a big fish.

My first fish of the day was a very stout and solid 16 inch brown with a curled up lower jaw. It's left pectoral fin was clipped. The colors of the brown were dull and didn't really have any orange spots.

Most of the fish I caught had less orange color than what I am used to catching brownies in the FR. I am making an assumption that the area of river I was fishing must have recently been stocked and I was catching hatchery trout.

Does anyone know any information regarding the clipped fin?
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Aj1986 · Joined: 29 Jan 2010 Posts: 87

The friday before laborday the dep stocked 2000 brownies in the west branch from the TMA up to the goodwin dam

asianfisher · Joined: 12 Jan 2009 Posts: 920

Clipped fin is stocked proly came from out of state hatchery. most fish form hatcheries upstate do that to their browns. They do that where i am. Thats how you know if its stocked or native up here.... Robo man do your thing i love that river. Ever came up to NY and fished for the fish i posted? They will stock atlantic salmon in the naugy river soon. catch and release till dec. But you gotta get it in early cause buy the time you can keep them people took them already which suxs.

RobO · Joined: 24 May 2010 Posts: 285 Location: South Windsor

I'm game to go up to Pulaski or fish the Naugy..

Just let me know when.
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asianfisher · Joined: 12 Jan 2009 Posts: 920

Like i said in other post i try to go up every weekend. Its been flooded and water finally resided. water has been clouded and pretty much only way people been catchin them have been snagging them. so stayed clear from it. Man your best bet is to use brown trout eggs. and drift them if you go that late in the season. you might find some salmon still lingering spawning. but Coho's,Steelhead, and Browns will be EVERYWHERE.... thats what you really want anyway... Where i go is the closest for and biggest for the size. you come up here and like it might even tell ya about oak orchard.....