Browns/salmon

Caught a avg size brown a few weeks ago in the water near a boat launch. I've seen several nice ones in the pile of fish @ Trout Run. But have yet to see anyone catch a big one.
 
No salmon sightings yet, and no Pink salmon sightings. Saw a dozen or so last year.

dano
Brownies early in the week in the dirty water. 
Nothing really big. Bob's biggest one was maybe 7lb.
Lost a nice one when it ran under a hemlock and up the far side of an island.
Got 2 of the 3 hooked today but only 23-24 inches. All out of the same deep hole. Never caught brownies that far up the creek before.   
 

Yeah I saw one really big brown and I threw everything I had and nothing prevailed. Hooked the king on a pink wollybugger

Divemaster
Haven't seen anything in person but Steelhead this Fall. Heard that someone caught a decent Chinook on a west side trib awhile back and saw a picture of a relatively large Coho last week on an NY Erie trib. No Pinks this year, in the streams or the lake. Hopefully a few passed on their genes last year and there will be a few wilds that return in the next couple of years.

Really hope the Browns start coming back in numbers soon. Saw 6-12 last year and even hooked into 2, but I haven't even spotted one this year. Not sure why they aren't doing well in a cool, shallow lake with plenty of Gobies to eat.

The absence of the pinks is because only run every other year. Only seen two browns all year but many in trout run

Divemaster
Really hope the Browns start coming back in numbers soon. Saw 6-12 last year and even hooked into 2, but I haven't even spotted one this year. Not sure why they aren't doing well in a cool, shallow lake with plenty of Gobies to eat.

In all my years of fishing I personally notice lake Browns favor more muddy or stained water over clear running tributaries. Most of the tribs in NY that have good Brown Trout returns are all the more muddy or silty bottom steams like the Oak. The Niagara as big as it is gets some Brown migration, but nothing compared to the stained or colored smaller tributaries feeding the lake. 
 
I'd say just guessing that most of Lake Erie migrating Browns would favor the Catt (NY) as far as steady returns over the clear shell rock creeks in Pa. Wonder how many Pa. fish run the Catt ? That's why I doubt that Erie tribs will ever get the numbers back as stocked in the Brown Trout species. They just prefer murky, muddy, stained water just like Carp ! ....lol 
 
Only a good tagging system would identify their migration patterns something I never heard of on any Pa. Lake Erie Trout programs. Would be very interesting to get and see some results.  
 

yeah you guys are right about the dirty water theory  in fact now i recall all the browns i caught in elk were during dirty water periods over the years

Captain, Catt has been high and dirty all of November. Don't fish Canadaway much anymore since it got overrun my the crowds. 18-Mile west of Buffalo has always been hit or miss for me. Nice looking water on that creek. 

CAPTAIN HOOK

Divemaster
Really hope the Browns start coming back in numbers soon. Saw 6-12 last year and even hooked into 2, but I haven't even spotted one this year. Not sure why they aren't doing well in a cool, shallow lake with plenty of Gobies to eat.

In all my years of fishing I personally notice lake Browns favor more muddy or stained water over clear running tributaries. Most of the tribs in NY that have good Brown Trout returns are all the more muddy or silty bottom steams like the Oak. The Niagara as big as it is gets some Brown migration, but nothing compared to the stained or colored smaller tributaries feeding the lake. 
 
I'd say just guessing that most of Lake Erie migrating Browns would favor the Catt (NY) as far as steady returns over the clear shell rock creeks in Pa. Wonder how many Pa. fish run the Catt ? That's why I doubt that Erie tribs will ever get the numbers back as stocked in the Brown Trout species. They just prefer murky, muddy, stained water just like Carp ! ....lol 
 
Only a good tagging system would identify their migration patterns something I never heard of on any Pa. Lake Erie Trout programs. Would be very interesting to get and see some results.  
 

I've definitely noticed that inland Browns seem to prefer feeding in stained water. This is probably just coincidence, but, all of the Browns I've caught in Great Lakes tribs have been in ultra low/clear water. Landed 3 trophies last November in Lake O tribs when the water was 12-18" low and hooked/lost two in PA last October including one that could've been a potential state record, had to be at least 15 pounds (yeah, yeah, fish stories, etc.... I know ;) )

Most of the browns are caught at trout run and elk. Hooked up with a nice brown elk back in 08

workcanwait....
I have always caught more browns down low on tribs in DEEP SLOW slots which can be muddy bottom at times now that you mention it...WCW

I can't remember a time I saw a brown in low clear water . They are always present after a good blowout

fisherofmen376

Erie_flyfishing

workcanwait....
I have always caught more browns down low on tribs in DEEP SLOW slots which can be muddy bottom at times now that you mention it...WCW

I can't remember a time I saw a brown in low clear water . They are always present after a good blowout

^ yes INDEED, the browns are VERY PRESENT AFTER A BLOWOUT!!!! 
Sorry I couldn't resist.  Poop jokes never get old for immature people like myself. 

I set that one up to perfectly for someone not to make a joke

DarDys
I though it was a Cleveland Browns joke.

Just saying the name "Cleveland browns" is a joke

Nothing like taking the browns to the superbowl, after a big breakfast and hours of fishing. 

Caught a nice brown at walnut today... ironic

so did guru .. wacky