Gerrard Rainbow Trout Kootenay Lake

Gerrard rainbows in conjunction with Kootenay Lakes bull trout population hunt and eat many kokanee.

Gerrard rainbow trout kootenay lake. Biologists knew that kokanee were a favoured food of the large-bodied Gerrards in the lake. Wildlife by Friends of Kootenay Lake Located in southeastern British Columbia Kootenay Lake boasts one of the finest sport fisheries of the province with a net worth of 58 million in 1967. Gerrard Rainbow Trou t.

Kootenay Lake has the largest species of wild Rainbow Trout known as the Gerrard. Tim Pinelli Sept 25 and his 24 pound Gerrard Rainbow Trout. The Gerrard Rainbow Trout of Kootenay Lake British Columbia 05 Mar The Gerrard Rainbow Trout of Kootenay Lake British Columbia Posted at 2212h in Fish.

Trout Perhaps the best known trout in Kootenay Lake is the rainbow. They sensed the EMF from the FW1 on the fly and came up. Typically the eye is red although this pic seems not to be quite as red as some are.

2015-01-26 Try this technique anywhere large Trout and Char feed on Kokanee Salmon. These important habitats are closed for fishing due to conservation reasons. Kootenay Lake was renowned for its trophy-sized Gerrard rainbow trout.

Large rainbow trout also disappeared from the lakes fishery but large numbers of small rainbow trout were still evident. Anyone fishing or angling in British Columbia must have an appropriate licence. It is very unusual to catch dollies on the surface they are mostly caught 100 feet deep using down-riggers.

Kerry Reed joins the guys on. Indeed the Lake contains a few genetically distinct populations of rainbow trout the largest and thus most famous of which is the gerrard named after a spawning creek at the north end of the Lake. For example a likely conservative estimate of Gerrard and bull trout abundance in Kootenay Lake of the size that would eat kokanee is roughly 20000 and based on consumption rates required for growth this population.