South Dakota Brown

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/bowfisherman-shoots-record-brown-trout-sparking-anger-online/ar-AA1thk4S?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=9673e6053d254ac4c1d5c9223d58fe7c&ei=25

Here’s a good little piece I think people here will like to argue about. I just googled a random article for this, I think I originally saw it on my Facebook feed, but was not going to engage those people. My only comment is when I caught a little sucker shooting Smallmouth with a bow here in MN I let him know exactly how stupid I thought he was, even for a 12 year old. My question is are Browns even a native species to SD and if they are stocked does that make a difference in how you should be able to take them?

Riverrat wrote:

My question is are Browns even a native species to SD and if they are stocked does that make a difference in how you should be able to take them?

Brown trout are not native anywhere in the US. Brown trout were introduced from Europe to all inland waters where they currently reside.

There may or may not have been native sea-run brown trout in the northeastern US, but if they existed at all, they are long gone.

I wish I would have got out trout fishing more this fall. Hopefully I’ll give it a go come winter c and r season.