| Brown trout fishing can prove very challenging. This is | | | | where they were originally found. They were |
| due in part to the fact that brown trout are smart | | | | introduced in the United States and Canada in 1883. |
| fish. They tend to feed at dusk or at night. They do | | | | They can now be found in most of the Canadian |
| put up a fight though and that can be a great | | | | waters and the Great Lakes. The fish themselves |
| challenge to the fisherman. But, because of the | | | | seem to have had trouble being successful in the |
| difficultly to catch the brown trout, this fish has not | | | | Canadian waters, but have been successful in Lake |
| been a big time game fish. But, there is much to | | | | Michigan. When introduced there, they proved to be |
| know about it anyway. | | | | able to withstand intense degraded habitats that |
| The brown trout, or Salmo Trutta, is also known by | | | | other trout could not survive in. |
| other names including German brown trout, German | | | | The survival of the brown trout is due in part to the |
| trout, English brown trout, European brown trout or | | | | fact that they like to feed at night and therefore the |
| Brownies. The brown trout is generally a small fish. It | | | | adult has very few predators. In fact, its main |
| ranges in length from 16 inches to about two feet. It | | | | predator is the human fisherman. The brown trout |
| weighs up to eight pounds. The coloring on this fish | | | | has been stocked in the Michigan Lake for years and |
| tends to be light brown on the backs and silvery on | | | | has become an important part of the lake's |
| the sides and bottom. | | | | ecosystem. Brown trout fishing is very popular here. |
| The brown trout is natively a European fish. In the | | | | In many places, surf casting brown trout has become |
| waters of the Atlantic and even into western Asia is | | | | a popular sport. |