Brownzilla and Friends

Here’s Brownzilla (he’s the dark 12 pounder on the right) and several of his buddies living in the “trout country club” under Fanny Bridge in the Truckee River at Tahoe City, CA.

Of course, the area is closed to all fishing and the trout live the life of luxury as hordes of tourists throw food to them each day. Most of the trout (the majority are browns but there are some rainbows, too) are in the 5- to 10+ pound range, which is amazing considering all the empty calories they eat — Wonder Bread, Cheetos, french fries, and potato chips are the staples of their diets.

I often wonder how big these dudes would be if people chucked high-protein stuff like salmon roe, minnows and worms at them all summer long…might be big enough to make me think more seriously about doing a little poaching!

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