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THE FISH
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( Select a photo to view enlarged image ) >>>>>>>
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While the overwhelming majority of our fishing is for brown
and rainbow trout we will on occasion hook a salmon, brook trout, or sea run brown. Our rainbows while smaller on average than the browns tend to be more abundant in our fisheries. The rainbows average from 10 to 16 inches in length and browns from 18 inches to "scary" reside in many of the rivers and lakes of the region. Literally with every cast lies the opportunity to hook and land the fish of a lifetime.
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History:
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As you may already know neither trout nor salmon are indigeonous to South America. The first brown trout to reach Patagonia were of European origin and were stocked in Argentina in the late 1800s. Rainbow trout were first stocked in Argentina around 1910. These fish were of the McCloud river strain from Northern California.
Over the years both species migrated from Argentina into Patagonia Chile and have since flourished in almost every river, creek, and lake in the region. Because of this we consider all our fishing to be for wild, naturally reproducing trout. To our knowledge there has been no formal stocking of hatchery raised trout in any of the drainages we fish.
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Chinook Salmon
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The salmon populations on the other hand are a different story. Chile is the second largest producer of farm raised salmon in the world. Most of these fish are raised in large net pens which dot the coast. Some of these fish have escaped and started naturally reproducing populations which spawn in the coastal rivers of Chile. While we do not consider our lodge to be a salmon fishing destination we have seen increases in the salmon populations from year to year. The same holds true of the sea run browns in our fisheries.
Perhaps some day we will be able to advertise ourselves as a trout and salmon destination. Until then we fish hard for the trout never knowing if that next cast might produce an Atlantic Salmon, Chinook, or Sea run brown.
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