JH,

Actually believe it or not from my experience the brook trout is the most agressive fish. I have brooks that will actually inflict fin damage on other brooks while that does not happen with my browns. Brown trout however are more wary than both the rainbow and brook and therefore are harder to catch. If you want easy put and take the brown trout is not your fish. But if you want a few big trophy trout or a little variety Ol' hook jaw will do it.

Case in point; before I drained my trout pond a few years ago and started over I thought I had harvested all my browns via hook and line. Turns out I still had about 30 fish left up to almost 12 pounds. Other than at feeding time I would never have guessed there were that many left.

Do you have water that does not top 65 F. and has ample oxygen through the summer? Contrary to popular believe although brown trout can sometimes handle marginal water quality they aren't as invincible as some would think. As with the other trout species optimum temps are between 55 and 65 F. and minimum of 6.0 mg/l of D.O.

As far as Kamloops, anymore they are nothing more than a domesticated rainbow. They get up to about 18 pounds in captivity although 10 to 12 is the normal max. They get stocky on pellet feed if fed well.

If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.