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ziacatcher Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 22 Dec 2008 Posts: 6555 Location: The Bluff
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Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2019 6:46 pm Post subject: Rainbows from the Rio |
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Went over to Taos to play some pickleball and on the way back I stopped at the Rio Grande. Parts of the river were unfishable because it was frozen. Started throwing spinnerbaits with no luck. I figured that with the cold water they didn't want to work hard for dinner. Switched to power bait and had it roll along the bottom and pulled 5 rainbows out of the river. Let the all go to hide back under the ice.
bear baby is called
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deputydawg Full Grown Flour Bluffian

Joined: 17 Mar 2010 Posts: 1991 Location: Humble
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Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2019 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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As usual some more awesome pictures!
Does the trout in the third picture have a nawed off tail or is it just the picture angle? |
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ziacatcher Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 22 Dec 2008 Posts: 6555 Location: The Bluff
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Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2019 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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| at first when I looked at it I thought it was just the angle of the picture but the more I looked at it looks like it might have gotten bitten by something. |
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ziacatcher Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 22 Dec 2008 Posts: 6555 Location: The Bluff
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Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 12:47 pm Post subject: |
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Mary and I took a hike yesterday over to the Rio Grande. This trail is about 600 feet above the Rio Pueblo which is a tributary of the Rio Grande. Going down was a lot easier than coming back up.
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deputydawg Full Grown Flour Bluffian

Joined: 17 Mar 2010 Posts: 1991 Location: Humble
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Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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| That's beautiful! I'm going to have to get out that way someday soon! |
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ziacatcher Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 22 Dec 2008 Posts: 6555 Location: The Bluff
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Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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| deputydawg wrote: | | That's beautiful! I'm going to have to get out that way someday soon! |
You will not be disappointed if you do |
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HungerBuster Flour Bluffian in training
Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 371
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Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2019 10:10 am Post subject: |
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Beautiful pictures as always. And good to see the wife in one.... If you like the rio grande, try santa elena canyon in big bend. swift water with good pockets hidden. and 1500 foot walls...gives the grand canyon a ride for its money. Some of the best fly fishing in Texas, especially this time of year. just have to deal with the border a bit... _________________ Fish ON! |
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ziacatcher Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 22 Dec 2008 Posts: 6555 Location: The Bluff
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Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2019 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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Woke up this morning and looked out my bedroom window and was greeted by this beautiful sunrise.
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deputydawg Full Grown Flour Bluffian

Joined: 17 Mar 2010 Posts: 1991 Location: Humble
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Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2019 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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| That is a beautiful sunrise! |
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SeanHHH Member White Shrimper Boot Club
Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 550 Location: San Antonio
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Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2019 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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| deputydawg wrote: | As usual some more awesome pictures!
Does the trout in the third picture have a nawed off tail or is it just the picture angle? |
Those stocker rainbows get a little beat beaten up in the hatchery, then in the delivery truck, then when they get dumped into the river. |
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Fishbrains Horse Mullet
Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 172 Location: austin
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Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2019 8:13 am Post subject: |
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| Does NM stock rainbows like TPWD does or are those native fish? |
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SeanHHH Member White Shrimper Boot Club
Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 550 Location: San Antonio
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Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2019 9:20 am Post subject: |
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Yes. Most western states stock rainbows, just like TPWD does.
Yes, those are stocker rainbows pictured. |
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BayFly Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 02 Sep 2014 Posts: 1728 Location: Austin/Flour Bluff
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Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2019 11:30 am Post subject: |
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| SeanHHH wrote: | Yes. Most western states stock rainbows, just like TPWD does.
Yes, those are stocker rainbows pictured. |
How can one tell a "stocker rainbow" simply from a photo? |
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SeanHHH Member White Shrimper Boot Club
Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 550 Location: San Antonio
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Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2019 12:45 pm Post subject: |
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| BayFly wrote: | | SeanHHH wrote: | Yes. Most western states stock rainbows, just like TPWD does.
Yes, those are stocker rainbows pictured. |
How can one tell a "stocker rainbow" simply from a photo? |
Color and size. The hatchery fish are all about the same size and sport a silvery color. Plus rough looking fins. Give them a year in the river and they get the traditional coloring of a native fish. |
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Hook Horse Mullet
Joined: 08 Jun 2019 Posts: 134 Location: Round Rock
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Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2019 9:31 am Post subject: |
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| Awesome pictures as usual. Took the grandson last week to a stocked tank 30 minutes from Austin. Caught 2 and the stocked TPWD rainbows average 10 inches. Gave them to a couple so they could have 3 total. I have yet to cook some up but he told me about grilling them. Thanks again Zia. |
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