Brown trout out of lake Sacajawea!?

[LoganOregon]

I fish here every once in a while and catch the stocked rainbows, but I have never seen or heard of anyone ever catching a brown trout or them being in there at all. Stopped by yesterday for a bit and caught this guy! Around 11"
I was very surprised.

[johng]

Cool!  Nice looking fish!

 

[Kola16]

Released 

[wsucowboy]

awesome! 

[LoganOregon]

Thanks, yes, very cool looking fish! For anyone that knows this lake it is in the middle of town in Longview, Wa. Not exactly brown trout habitat lol. Which is why I find it very odd. But yes I released him back in there!

[jbeaumont21]

I would guess that it is probably a stocker.  I think it's pretty common for a few browns to get mixed in with the rainbows at the hatchery.  I have caught brown trout at several other lakes in WA that get stocked with rainbows. Just my

[iusmc2002]

When I saw the title, I was expecting something a little more in line with Lake Sacajawea and Longview.....

I was expecting to see some corn eyes on your Brown Trout.   

My kids and I saw two otters in that lake last winter, that was kind of neat.

[oldcamper]

Looks like good pan size to me. 

[outfishu2]

The only reason to release this fish.....................they taste like dirt.   Cool catch, but remember they are "German" browns, not wild steelhead

[Atroxus]

I don't know why...but every time I have seen the words "brown trout" in the top of this thread my first thought was that it's a euphemism.....like "Excuse me, I need to go release a brown trout into the sewer system." Maybe there is just something wrong with me.