Tag Archives: Brook Trout

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
Not Your Average Bunch of Fishermen!

August 7, 2008 – 10:50 am

Don’t ever mix electricity and water… unless you’re a professional with the national park’s fisheries division and have a very thick pair of rubber gloves.  

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GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
“Brookies!” Native Smokies Brook Trout

July 28, 2008 – 7:37 am

Courtesy of Ann Froschauer, here are some great photos of the fisheries rangers at work and some beautiful Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), the only trout native to the Smokies.
The NPS and Trout Unlimited have been successfully restoring native Brook trout populations in the park (and removing non-native Rainbow trout).
Here’s a close up of a brook [...]

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