Thanks for the input guys. I put a stockie brown in a couple years ago in may and never saw it or heard of anyone catching it again. I think they'll add another fun recreational element even if they don't successfully spawn.
Browns are notorious for being hard to catch. When I had browns in one of my ponds I would always have about 10 of them that couldn't be caught that i removed once I drained down the pond.
The only trout that can successfully spawn in lucastrine waters are brook trout, but even then they need upwelling to do so. I've seen some successful hatches in such a manner, in a small lake in Massachusetts, but survival past fry size was low as the pond had lots of predator fish as in largemouth bass.
