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#179845 - 01/02/03 01:20 AM Have a laugh at my expense
Titanium Cranium Offline
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Some of you are probably going to roll on the floor laughing yourself silly (ROTFLYS), more of you are going to think to yourselves, "man I'm glad he asked that question now I don't have to feel like a fool".

What exactly is a 'BRAT'?
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#179846 - 01/02/03 01:25 AM Re: Have a laugh at my expense
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a pseudo-steelhead
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#179847 - 01/02/03 02:25 AM Re: Have a laugh at my expense
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beathead What do you mean by psuedo-steelhead??? slap
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#179848 - 01/02/03 02:35 AM Re: Have a laugh at my expense
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Hatchery winter-run steelhead are commonly referred to as 'brats'...

...many, such as myself, feel they are no comparison (inferior) to their wild cousins...hence the term 'pseudo-steelhead'
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#179849 - 01/02/03 02:43 AM Re: Have a laugh at my expense
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Thanks for the education Sparkey. I come from the same cloth with respect to my belief about hatchery vs. wild. At least the hatchery fish on the Skagit seem to pale in comparison to their native brethren.
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#179850 - 01/02/03 06:04 AM Re: Have a laugh at my expense
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#179851 - 01/02/03 09:54 AM Re: Have a laugh at my expense
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So, now that we know what "brat" means, what does "pseudo" mean? beathead
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#179852 - 01/02/03 11:56 AM Re: Have a laugh at my expense
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Registered: 11/25/02
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No Laugh here.

I thought he was talking about some kind of German Sausage.

Ooops, thats a Bruat, not a Brat.

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#179853 - 01/02/03 12:12 PM Re: Have a laugh at my expense
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I thought a German sausage is a brawt.
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#179854 - 01/02/03 12:19 PM Re: Have a laugh at my expense
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No, a german sausage is a Braut, as in Braut Wurst.
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#179855 - 01/02/03 12:22 PM Re: Have a laugh at my expense
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Quote:
Originally posted by Easy Limits:
I thought a German sausage is a brawt.
That's how it's pronounced, but it's spelled Brat, as in bratwurst.

I always though a brat was a hatchery fish, winter OR summer. And Sparkey's use of pseudo is, at best, dubious. They're not fake, they're real. They have value. Not as much as the native fish, but when you consider the situation without them (native stocks decimated, fishery nonexistant), I think it's preferred. fishy

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#179856 - 01/02/03 01:06 PM Re: Have a laugh at my expense
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Registered: 12/07/02
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Loc: Shoreline, WA
Skywalker is right. This fish snobbery over how native fish are so much better than hatchery has got to end. Without hatchery fish, it is likely that the whole fishery would be closed to us, and you would have to go be snobby about catching perch or northern pikeminnow. rolleyes
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#179857 - 01/02/03 01:22 PM Re: Have a laugh at my expense
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Registered: 03/15/99
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I never call a Steelhead , "Just a Brat!" It's a "beautiful fish" to me and just wish I would have one on the end of my line right now instead of watching the rain.

I also do not catch many natives in December and January so bring on some beautiful hatchery fish and I'll enjoy them.

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#179858 - 01/02/03 02:07 PM Re: Have a laugh at my expense
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It all boils down to this - I'm right, everyone else is wrong, and anyone who disputes this is clearly a dumbfuck.

Registered: 03/07/99
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Sparkey,

Why don't you come on down and fish the Nooch when it drops..........I know of a couple "brats" that think they can slap your ass silly.
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#179859 - 01/02/03 09:08 PM Re: Have a laugh at my expense
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Hmmm, Im lookin at my punh card and it says to mark steelhead with a M or U (marked or unmarked). I dont see a W or P (wild or pseudo) confused

Anyone who thinks that ALL hatchery fish are inferior to wild didnt fish the summer run on the Cowlitz last summer. Those fish were unreal, I didnt see any signs of inferiority in those silver bullets. Then again alot of the folks who think along those lines would never lower themselves to fishing the Cowlitz.
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#179860 - 01/02/03 09:16 PM Re: Have a laugh at my expense
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It all boils down to this - I'm right, everyone else is wrong, and anyone who disputes this is clearly a dumbfuck.

Registered: 03/07/99
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Word up, RL. I don't run into many "pseudo" fish during the hatchery run, but I do see boatloads of "pseudo" fishers.
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#179861 - 01/02/03 09:54 PM Re: Have a laugh at my expense
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Well my reference wasn't from the standpoint of snobbery as much as shear mass with regard to hatchery vs. native run. Not all the time but usually on the Skagit when you catch a hatchery fish it will be in the 4lb to 8lb range. Sometimes they'll get around 12lbs but in my experience not that offten. The natives I've caught however, from late January through April seem to average around 12lbs. So given that information it's like the difference between a snot nosed kid and linebacker on pro football team.
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#179862 - 01/02/03 10:05 PM Re: Have a laugh at my expense
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It was a sarcastic remark...settle down!...if I truly thought they were pseudo-steelhead or that inferior, I sure as Hell would not fish for them as much as I do. <img border="0" alt="[wall]" title="" src="graemlins/wall.gif" />
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#179863 - 01/02/03 10:27 PM Re: Have a laugh at my expense
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Registered: 12/26/99
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A Steelhead...AKA Steelie, Ironhead, Chromer, Silver Bullet, Grey Ghost, Nate....and yes BRAT

Brats are a very poor replacement for the reel steel(natives), but they give us opportunity to fish when otherwise we probably wouldnt. Brats typically have a spoty track record, meaning some seasons they come back in big numbers like last year and then the next year they will crap out after 1 or 2 weeks, and when they do come, they typicaly fly to their rearing site in 3 to 10 days rolleyes There are certain strains of "brats" that have very good track records, mainly summer fish.

Bring on the ugly stick snappin, spoon grabbin, knee shakin, boat rockin, back bending STEEL Native Steelhead laugh thumbs
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