Fall Spawners

We had some discussion about fall spawning rainbows a while back. While going through the 2012 DEC Annual Report for a lecture I'm doing later in the week, I found a reference to these fish.  DEC Stocks 75,000 Randolph hatchery domestic rainbows that are listed as fall spawners.  These are likely the fish that Dime has been seeing a lot of, we also used to see quite a few in Maxwell.  The reference is in the stocking chart for 2012 at http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/fish_marine_pdf/lorpt12part1.pdf
 
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I wonder if they would  have a better chance at successfully spawning. Is that a possible reason for their introduction?

And if I'm not mistaken lucky, this is not a new introduction. I recall seeing colored up bows and spawned out bows in later fall months/early winter in the early 90's when I first started out up here. And around five years ago they would be mixed in with the spawning browns in oswego between late November and late january

Never fished drop backs pafisher?  Or are you talking about something else?
The skamania stay in the river over the summer, but they are few and far between.  Some of the smaller "steely bows" stay in the spring seeps through the summer.  But most of the spawned out steel make their way back to the lake by the end of may. (or middle depending on temperatures.

oh...got ya
Yep you are right....

Thanks lucky. My knowledge of them comes from dribs and drabs of hearsay when I was younger and starting out... and then from actual experience formed personal opinion/thoughts. Its always good to hear about the facts even if its 25 years later. ThNks for the info.

Since you're on a roll, how about the lakers that were present from around 1991 to 1998... with 97 being the most dominant I saw...with a complete absence in 99. Can swear I had put ones on the bank that were over 15 pounds. In those times we would leave spots because we were hooking too many lakers and not enough steel. Can you share any knowledge on that subject??? Being that they were late fall /early winter spawners...not really off subject

Lucky, not just referring to dsr... as far up as the lfz wed find abundant numbers. And yes I did hear that there was loss of spawning grounds for some reason or another which forced them up the tribs in pursuit for suitable bedding grounds.

Connie was great along with mike.

Not that I know much, but I though I read somewhere that the years those trout ran they had stocked a different strain that ran the river a few years before.   May have no merit  though.    I caught 1 around Pineville during that time.