Photo – Head Shot Resident Brown
The Photo of the week is of a beautiful resident brown trout from the Limay River. There are two forms of Brown trout that live in this river, migratory and resident. The migratory browns enter into the river around April from lake Nahuel Huapi to spawn. They generally stay close to the mouth and then make a run to find spawning grounds down stream and return back to the lake around August and September. These fish have a very platinum color when they enter into the river and slowly change color for survival by taking the color of the bottom of the river. They will later grow teeth to fight for position in the pools for food, and eventually change even more dramatically with with large dots of orange and red for attracting mates during the spawning season. Then they return to the lake where they will once again change back to a dime bright silver represnting the backdrop of the white sand beaches. Whereas the resident browns which are much rarer on the Limay keep the colors of the Limay all year round changing only with deeper pigmintation during the spawning season. They live in den like structures usually big boulders providing shelter and protection from predators, such as birds of prey, otters, and anglers.
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very cool alex. the brown trout definately has its own unique characteristics. i guess that could be said about every kind of trout. but, the brown trout to me .. definately represents a wiser trout form with more cautionary and adaptable characteristics. unlike the rainbow trout, who tends to be a bit more manic and reactionary .. the brown trout reserves its precious energy and waits patiently in its own domain within the slower currents for one good meal that is worthy of eating.