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Post by TheWoz on Jan 6, 2014 8:22:11 GMT -6
Ok so I've always been curious about how certain things came about. During a few visits to the smokys it was said early settlers would charge travelers to fish for trout on their land. Ok that seems normal enough. But when you hear that rainbows are not native there, you ask ok how'd they get their back in the late 1800s. It's not like they had chilled tanker trucks and whatnot. Not only that rainbows here were only native to northern Cali and up. So how'd they get here. I've been wondering this for about a year until I stumbled on this short article. It's actually a pretty cool short read. midcurrent.com/history/imperialist-trout/
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Post by heysambennett on Jan 6, 2014 8:58:02 GMT -6
Smallmouth aren't native either. They were planted via train hopper. Dump 'em off the bridges.
-SB
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Post by TheWoz on Jan 6, 2014 9:55:10 GMT -6
Where are they originally native too?
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Post by impractical on Jan 6, 2014 11:03:22 GMT -6
Where are they originally native too? Nothern Illinois had smallmouth in it naturally. They got trucked up to Canada in the 1920s. There are people still complaining about them in Eagle Lake.
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Post by BFA on Jan 6, 2014 11:06:54 GMT -6
Cool, Dan! Tons of good reading on the source site Smallie info
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