smallhook
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Bring me more of these
Hopeully this won't be such a rare sight in three or four years, it hit a minnow. 
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RE: Bring me more of these
2008/10/26 20:09:05
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Cool, throw him back or keep him?
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RE: Bring me more of these
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RE: Bring me more of these
2008/10/26 20:25:55
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Nice fish indeed. Great to see a brown like that come out of our tribs.
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RE: Bring me more of these
2008/10/26 20:35:28
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That's a beauty.Do you catch many Browns while fishing the tribs?
I'm gonna fish more and work less. Have A Crappie Day 
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RE: Bring me more of these
2008/10/26 21:08:19
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Great fish !!! Nice job releasing it too...
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smallhook
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RE: Bring me more of these
2008/10/26 21:31:53
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No, I'm lucky to catch one every other year. I've caught some big ones though...
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RE: Bring me more of these
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RE: Bring me more of these
2008/10/26 21:53:51
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nice fish! i've never caught a brown in the tribs seen a couple though and would love to get one
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RE: Bring me more of these
2008/10/26 22:00:32
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Did you get a measurement and are they stocked or native possibly?
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RE: Bring me more of these
2008/10/26 22:10:54
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That's awesome!! I'm glad that the PFBC is being more proactive with the Brownie stocking program. I've heard rumors that we should start seeing better returns by 2010. God willing!!!! Great fish, awesome pic. That gets me all fired up!!!!! -O.C.T.
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RE: Bring me more of these
2008/10/26 22:16:16
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Nah, I didn't measure it. Probably between six or seven pounds. When I ain't keepin them I try and get them back into the water as quick as possible. If it wouldn't have been a brownie I wouldn't even have taken the time for the pic.
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RE: Bring me more of these
2008/10/26 22:20:53
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Thank you for the remembrance. Nice fish. I love catching them. I saw one at Walnut last week, but he wouldn't cooperate. I hope to wrangle one or two this season.
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RE: Bring me more of these
2008/10/26 22:23:51
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I hope we do see better returns of browns in Pa. Thats one of the great thing about fishing NY...you never know what you're going to get... GO PHILS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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RE: Bring me more of these
2008/10/26 22:26:03
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Nice fish! I hope that is more common in the near future.
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RE: Bring me more of these
2008/10/26 23:23:20
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tremendous fish. a thing of beauty.
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2008/10/26 23:26:49
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congrats! Smallie
in 20+ years of regular steelin, I've caught exactly 1 Brown.
a dink at that, Might of weighed 2.5 pounds...with my thumb on the scale..
did they stock Browns last year?
(not referring to the trout opener stockies)
or will this spring be the first year for the new program?
..L.T.A.
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RE: Bring me more of these
2008/10/26 23:45:08
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Beautiful fish Smally!  I keep hopeing for one of those! 
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RE: Bring me more of these
2008/10/27 13:40:51
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ORIGINAL: stevepf
Did you get a measurement and are they stocked or native possibly?
Most of the browns that are caught come from the regular spring stockings they do on Elk & 20 Mile, the others are strays from NY. Both streams are stocked with browns for the regular Pa trout season. With the limited numbers that survive the spring onslought and make their way out into the lake & return, I doubt there is little to no natural reproduction of Browns in the Erie tribs, not yet anyway.
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RE: Bring me more of these
2008/10/27 14:03:06
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My friend said he saw one on a stringer about that size on 20 mile on Sunday morning too. Still have yet to get one in the tribs...hooked one and lost during my first trip up here when I was still in school. Can't wait to see more of them.
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RE: Bring me more of these
2008/10/27 14:16:38
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I saw one roped on Elk last week.It was a pig.Shame to see it dead.The guy said he was gonna eat it and not mount it.He Said they tasted better,then regular steelhead..I said whatever and continued on...WTF..
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RE: Bring me more of these
2008/10/27 14:45:05
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Anyone eat any yet? Care to give us a taste report?  I imagine they'd be pretty similar. Still, they're nothing more than stocked trout, and within a few years they wont even be terribly rare, so I'd have no problem keeping one if I caught one.
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RE: Bring me more of these
2008/10/27 15:12:12
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Thats pretty cool. I cant wait to catch some of those in the future even though I do not keep them.
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RE: Bring me more of these
2008/10/27 15:23:09
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Without a doubt the most beautiful fresh water fish. Congrats.!
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RE: Bring me more of these
2008/10/27 15:44:04
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ORIGINAL: gizmos
Without a doubt the most beautiful fresh water fish. Congrats.!
They are beautiful fish, but I think brookies have them beat.
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RE: Bring me more of these
2008/10/27 15:55:00
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i agree brookies are amazing color..but browns are also beautiful
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RE: Bring me more of these
2008/10/27 15:58:14
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Very nice fish. I've only seen a few in the Erie area, and I agree I'd like to see more in the future years.
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RE: Bring me more of these
2008/10/27 16:34:33
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Native brrokies have my vote for the most beautiful fish in PA but browns in full spawning colors certainly aren't far behind.  As to the taste, I can't say for sure but have had steelies and browns outta the tribs of LO and couldn't tell the difference. Lets hope the browns really catch on in Erie.
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RE: Bring me more of these
2008/10/27 16:52:26
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ive never caught a brownie in erie but i seen a few that were huge swimming in the creeks....but the i seen in elk ded about 6 years ago had to be atlest 10#
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