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Fall Spawning Brown Trout

The fall brown trout spawning run is always an interesting time in the Eastern Sierra. These pictures give a fisherman's eye view of the fish on their redds during the spawning run in a small tributary of the Owens River.
Next are some video snippets of spawning activity in the North Fork of Bishop Creek.
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Many small Owens River tributaries are riparian strips of green crossing sagebrush terrain. Willows and cottonwoods provide shade. The stream bottom substrate consists of gravels, weedbeds and undercut banks. When I approached this stream, dark forms streaked to the undercuts. After considerable patience and stillness on my part, the trout felt safe to return.<br /> <br /> Most of the rest of these images are telephoto shots from the same position as this wide angle shot.<br /> <br /> The last two images mark where the fish are in the other images and where in the next wide angle view the other fish pictures are.<br /> <br /> Owens Valley<br /> Nov. 7, 2006
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Many small Owens River tributaries are riparian strips of green crossing sagebrush terrain. Willows and cottonwoods provide shade. The stream bottom substrate consists of gravels, weedbeds and undercut banks. When I approached this stream, dark forms streaked to the undercuts. After considerable patience and stillness on my part, the trout felt safe to return.

Most of the rest of these images are telephoto shots from the same position as this wide angle shot.

The last two images mark where the fish are in the other images and where in the next wide angle view the other fish pictures are.

Owens Valley
Nov. 7, 2006

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  • Many small Owens River tributaries are riparian strips of green crossing sagebrush terrain. Willows and cottonwoods provide shade. The stream bottom substrate consists of gravels, weedbeds and undercut banks. When I approached this stream, dark forms streaked to the undercuts. After considerable patience and stillness on my part, the trout felt safe to return.<br /> <br /> Most of the rest of these images are telephoto shots from the same position as this wide angle shot.<br /> <br /> The last two images mark where the fish are in the other images and where in the next wide angle view the other fish pictures are.<br /> <br /> Owens Valley<br /> Nov. 7, 2006
  • This view shows the channel the following pictures were taken in. This picture can be compared the the rest, but without the fish present. Selecting size 'O' for view will download full sized image, but it is over 5 MBytes in size.<br /> <br /> The light patches bottom center are dead vegetation that was under water earlier in the year at higher runoff.<br /> <br /> Undercut banks are downstream (lower left) just out of the picture and at the head of the channel under the grassy island. <br /> <br /> The pictures numbered from 55 to 61 are along the upper portion of the grassy island.<br /> <br /> The pictures numbered 64 to 69 are at the bottom of the island.<br /> <br /> The pictures 68 and 69 are brown trout spawning redds along the weedbeds on the far side of the channel halfway between the bottom of the grassy island and the left edge of the picture.<br /> <br /> The pictures numbered 70 to 73 are in the channel at the lower left.<br /> <br /> The second to last picture shows the preceeding 16 images with the trout marked in red. Sometines it is easier to spot the fish by their shadows. Some images have the shadows marked in green as well. The final image is a copy of this image with the approximate locations of the other images marked. See how many you find!
  • Brown trout during fall spawning run in the eastern Sierra.<br /> #55<br /> Nov. 7, 2006
  • Brown trout during fall spawning run in the eastern Sierra.<br /> #56<br /> Nov. 7, 2006
  • Brown trout during fall spawning run in the eastern Sierra.<br /> #58<br /> Nov. 7, 2006
  • Brown trout during fall spawning run in the eastern Sierra.<br /> #59<br /> Nov. 7, 2006
  • Brown trout during fall spawning run in the eastern Sierra.<br /> #60<br /> Nov. 7, 2006
  • Brown trout during fall spawning run in the eastern Sierra.<br /> #61<br /> Nov. 7, 2006
  • Brown trout during fall spawning run in the eastern Sierra.<br /> #64<br /> Nov. 7, 2006
  • Brown trout during fall spawning run in the eastern Sierra.<br /> #65<br /> Nov. 7, 2006
  • Brown trout during fall spawning run in the eastern Sierra.<br /> #66<br /> Nov. 7, 2006
  • Brown trout during fall spawning run in the eastern Sierra.<br /> #67<br /> Nov. 7, 2006
  • Brown trout during fall spawning run in the eastern Sierra.<br /> #68<br /> Nov. 7, 2006
  • Brown trout during fall spawning run in the eastern Sierra.<br /> #69<br /> Nov. 7, 2006
  • Brown trout during fall spawning run in the eastern Sierra.<br /> #70<br /> Nov. 7, 2006
  • Brown trout during fall spawning run in the eastern Sierra.<br /> #71<br /> Nov. 7, 2006
  • Brown trout during fall spawning run in the eastern Sierra.<br /> #72<br /> Nov. 7, 2006
  • Brown trout during fall spawning run in the eastern Sierra.<br /> #73<br /> Nov. 7, 2006
  • Brown trout during fall spawning run in the eastern Sierra.<br /> #<br /> Nov. 7, 2006
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