Took this last week while visiting the smokies.
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I'll bet that there were brook trout in the deepest part of that pool below the log. [sigh]
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Funny you mention that - that is a very interesting story. The transplanted Rainbow Trout from the Rocky Mountains (transplanted in the 1920s through the 1950s) are dominant over Brookies in the Smokies and came within a hair of driving them to extinction. In the last 10 years, there have been major efforts to restore the brookie population.
Here are the mechanics of that:
1. You have to find a 6 foot waterfall, and then start re-introducing above that fall. The idea being that Rainbows can jump up falls, but not 6 feet in height.
2. You then shock all of the fish from the waters above the fall, and completely (hopefully) empty it of Rainbow Trout. It takes several of these shocks to get the Rainbow out, and obviously you have to do it all the way to the headwaters or you'll just be repeating it in a few years.
3. After the Rainbows are removed, the Brookies are released.
There are now many Brook Trout doing well in the Smokies, but you have to hike up high to catch them due to the 6 foot falls requirement, etc. This part of Cosby Creek is 100 percent Rainbows, but you hike up another mile, it's Hello Brookies!
