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Title: Anybody ever fish for trout in Patagonia?
Post by: taxid on Jul 29, 2017, 12:16 PM
My God look at these fish! Eye candy! I guess it's basically wilderness down there. These are all wild fish that were introduced years ago as eggs. (Got these pictures off the Internet).

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Title: Re: Anybody ever fish for trout in Patagonia?
Post by: zwiggles on Jul 29, 2017, 04:50 PM
Nice fish, but better camera work. Sure sounds like a cool place to fish
Title: Re: Anybody ever fish for trout in Patagonia?
Post by: stripernut on Jul 29, 2017, 06:48 PM
Have dreamed of it many times... It is so wild down there that they have a saying; "A man without a horse is no man at all" or something close to that...
Title: Re: Anybody ever fish for trout in Patagonia?
Post by: SLAYERFISH on Jul 29, 2017, 06:52 PM
Long expensive trip for slimers-
Pellet heads, private water, not my cup of tea-
Title: Re: Anybody ever fish for trout in Patagonia?
Post by: lowaccord66 on Jul 29, 2017, 08:25 PM
On the list for sure.  
Title: Re: Anybody ever fish for trout in Patagonia?
Post by: stripernut on Jul 29, 2017, 08:53 PM
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Long expensive trip for slimers-
Pellet heads, private water, not my cup of tea-

I have talked to guys that have been, they were not fishing private waters... You are right, if it is just private water, it is a long way to go...
Title: Re: Anybody ever fish for trout in Patagonia?
Post by: taxid on Jul 30, 2017, 05:07 PM
Looks expensive to stay at the lodges. Looks like they cater to the corporate world and wealthy people. You know it's expensive when they won't list the prices on the webpage.
Title: Re: Anybody ever fish for trout in Patagonia?
Post by: bigredfishing on Jul 31, 2017, 10:17 AM
maybe its just me, but if i was going to fly to a different continent, i would want to chase the native fauna, not some invasive stocked fish.
Title: Re: Anybody ever fish for trout in Patagonia?
Post by: lowaccord66 on Jul 31, 2017, 10:40 AM
If its all tank scrubbers cross it off my list.  I was not aware.
Title: Re: Anybody ever fish for trout in Patagonia?
Post by: bigredfishing on Jul 31, 2017, 10:47 AM
If its all tank scrubbers cross it off my list.  I was not aware.

im sure someone will say theres probably some natural reproduction
Title: Re: Anybody ever fish for trout in Patagonia?
Post by: stripernut on Jul 31, 2017, 11:24 AM
It's my understanding (and I could be wrong) that in many cold rivers of the world you can find trout that had been stocked there over a century ago by the English from back in the time when the "Sun Never Set On the English Empire"... In the Himalayas, New Zealand and  West coast of South America, to name a few that "took". Is there any evidence of the Patagonia fish are "put & take"?
Title: Re: Anybody ever fish for trout in Patagonia?
Post by: bigredfishing on Jul 31, 2017, 12:14 PM
I know they have at least two gov't run fish hatcheries that supply many of the rivers, they are also one of the biggest countries in terms of salmonidae aquaculture.
Title: Re: Anybody ever fish for trout in Patagonia?
Post by: taxid on Jul 31, 2017, 01:33 PM
It's my understanding (and I could be wrong) that in many cold rivers of the world you can find trout that had been stocked there over a century ago by the English from back in the time when the "Sun Never Set On the English Empire"... In the Himalayas, New Zealand and  West coast of South America, to name a few that "took". Is there any evidence of the Patagonia fish are "put & take"?

You are spot on from what I've read.

At one time they used to bring eggs up from the southern hemisphere to produce off season fish. No need for that anymore,.
Title: Re: Anybody ever fish for trout in Patagonia?
Post by: lowaccord66 on Jul 31, 2017, 01:49 PM
im sure someone will say theres probably some natural reproduction

CT stocks huge seaforrellen strain browns...3-19lbs...cheap to get there and we don't harbor nazi war criminals like they do in patagonia either!
Title: Re: Anybody ever fish for trout in Patagonia?
Post by: bigredfishing on Jul 31, 2017, 02:14 PM
CT stocks huge seaforrellen strain browns...3-19lbs...cheap to get there and we don't harbor nazi war criminals like they do in patagonia either!

Patagonia stole my lunch money and punched me in the FACE!
Title: Re: Anybody ever fish for trout in Patagonia?
Post by: lowaccord66 on Jul 31, 2017, 02:23 PM
Patagonia stole my lunch money and punched me in the FACE!

It can and it will!
Title: Re: Anybody ever fish for trout in Patagonia?
Post by: SalmonAndStriper Stalker on Aug 18, 2017, 05:26 PM
i would rather travel to new zealand to fish for trout. check out some of the pictures and videos of trout from there. makes patagonia look like nothing. not to mention they are more wild than the fish in patagonia.
Title: Re: Anybody ever fish for trout in Patagonia?
Post by: taxid on Aug 18, 2017, 10:27 PM
I was always under the impression that Patagonia was much wilder and more isolated than New Zealand. Pretty much a wilderness.
Title: Re: Anybody ever fish for trout in Patagonia?
Post by: TightLinesMaine on Aug 18, 2017, 10:38 PM
I was always under the impression that Patagonia was much wilder and more isolated than New Zealand. Pretty much a wilderness.

Trout were never native to Patagonia.  They were introduced a while ago and took hold.
Title: Re: Anybody ever fish for trout in Patagonia?
Post by: taxid on Aug 18, 2017, 10:53 PM
Trout were never native to Patagonia.  They were introduced a while ago and took hold.

They are not native anywhere in the southern hemisphere including New Zealand. Eggs were shipped down there around the turn of the 20th century.

Just because they are a naturalized species doesn't mean their habitat isn't wild and they don't grow large.