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Introduction:
Native Trout:
Native Trout are indigenous or native to a given region.
They have survived habitat change and introduction of
non-native species throughout time. We like to think of
them as trout that were stocked by God.
Wild Trout:
Like native trout, wild, stream-bred trout are trout that
are born and raised in the stream, not in a hatchery.
They are different from native trout in that their
ancestors were at one time stocked. After being stocked,
they were able to survive and reproduce on their own
well enough that stocking was discontinued. It is common
to find stream-bred trout in streams and rivers where
trout are still stocked.
Stocked Trout:
There is a huge difference in a stocked trout, a native
trout and a wild trout. Stocked trout are born and feed in
a hatchery prior to being stocked. They are much easier
to catch than wild trout that were born in the stream and
have spent their entire life capturing food only from what
Mother Nature has provided.
The stocked trout will usually fall for just about anything
that remotely resembles food, especially if it is similar to
what they were used to eating at the hatchery. They are
much less afraid of danger than wild trout. Wild trout
have to survive the treats of predators such as otters,
birds and other fish their entire life.
Types of Trout Streams:
There are roughly three basic types of trout streams.
Some are combinations of two of them and are difficult to
label one or the other. (Click here for more information
on Types of Trout Streams)
Species of Trout:
There are several species and subspecies of trout in the
United States and Canada. Most of them fall into one of
four categories, rainbow, brown, brook and cutthroat,
but there are others.
(Click here for more information on the different species
of trout)
New England Trout Streams:
Clyde River Vermont
Upper Connecticut River New Hampshire
Housatonic River Connecticut
Deerfield River Massachusetts
Batten Kill Vermont
Kennebago River Maine
Grand Lake Stream Maine
Kennebec River Maine
Rapid River Maine
West Branch Penobscot River Maine
East Branch Penobscot River Maine
Mettawee River Vermont
Black River Vermont
West River Vermont
Otter Creek Vermont
Green Mountain Streams Vermont
White River Vermont
Winooski River Vermont
Dog River Vermont
Mad River Vermont
Lamoille River Vermont
Missisquoi River Vermont
Gale River New Hampshire
Ammonoosuc River New Hampshire
Swift River New Hampshire
Saco River New Hampshire
Androscoggin River New Hampshire
Baxter State Park Maine
Magalloway River Maine
Dead River Maine
Allagash River Maine
St. John River Maine
The Fish River Maine
Hoosic River Massachusetts
Westfield River Connecticut
Ware River Connecticut
Swift River Connecticut
Quaboag River Connecticut
Miller River Connecticut
Squannacook River Massachusetts
Quinapoxet River Massachusetts
Ipswich River Massachusetts
Saugatuck River Connecticut
Naugatuck River Connecticut
Farmington River Connecticut
Salmon River Connecticut
Willimantic River Connecticut
Natchaug River Connecticut
Shetucket River Connecticut
Blackstone River Rhode Island
Wood River Rhode Island
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Alaska Trout Streams
Togiak River Alaska
Copper River Alaska
Lower Talarik Creek Alaska
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