Monster trout pics--check these out!

[Kodiak1]

The Canadians might say that the most important factor is pristine, gravelly spawning beds. The Gerrard strain of Kamloops in Kootenay spawn in a 1000-foot stretch of one river. The reason they get so big is a rich diet of kokanee instead of insects, etc., and that they live approx. 8 years instead of the other strains of kamloops. By the way, thank some jerk for planting lake trout in Pend Oreille for the demise of terrific kamloop fishing there. The lakers wiped out the kokanee, along with terrible practices utilized by the Corps of Engineers. Thus the current regulations that require the killing of all mackinaw and kamloops in the lake. As far as planting them, it has been tried in lots of places as I mentioned before, and with little success. Mike
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