very nice pictures . i have caught only one in the 26 inch to 27inch range. A big female near the dam. it wont be long for the walleye.

Nice Brownies.....
I've seen your picture now I don't have to ask every fisherman I see up there "Are you Terry ?"

The colors vary yes, but being near the spillway or further below makes no difference as far as I am concerned.  I have caught just as many 'silvery' ones at the spillway, as I have deep dark color,  and just as many silvery ones well below the  dam as deep colored ones.  I was fishing at the handicap access earlier this spring and a guy asked me where the best spot to catch a nice trout was and i told him to go tuck himself up against the wall and cast out across the current.  10 minutes later he was carrying a brown over to me like he was carrying firewood.  It was very dark brown and belly very yellow.  I took a pic for him and then emailed it to him so he could release it.  I think the color has a lot to do with their genes.  Just my opinion.

well i dont have any scientific reasoning for their coloration. I know their inside meat color is due to what they eat. High protein diets create the pinkness, but as far as what creates the colors and spots on the outside, I havent found any real reason or rhyme as to what causes it or if they are just born like that. I guess you could compare that to rainbows as well. You can catch one that has a deep, dark red stripe and the next one will be all silver with a faint pink strip that is barely noticeable. Would be interesting to know the real answer. I am going to be hanging out with the fish commission in a few, so I will be sure to ask that question.

Im telling you guys what they eat not only tells the color of the meat but also has an effect on there skin pigment and spot colors... Just look at a wild vs. stocked... Wilds are more brightly colored unlike stocked... Just look at what they eat natural food vs. fish meal... I still might be wrong but oh well just my 2 cents....

Fish in clear water are usually more colorful than fish in cloudy water. Since these fish live in the same water....the darker ones are nearer to the spawn than the lighter color ones?

Got another nice brown. Really pretty color. Hopefully Pork can post a pic of it here for me soon.

ORIGINAL: Pork

Way to hammer em 'tracker, they just ain't safe around you! It's brown, it's down!
Nice feesh.

Ubers' pics...

son of a bugger, I thought I figured out how to post a pic.  It showed the pic in the preview i did.. now what did i do wrong.. man.

Honestly love them all but #6 is my fav, gotta love when that lower jaw curves like a salmon...