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Originally Posted by jad2t
Nice work man!! I believe the brown with both pectoral fins missing was a recent stocker, I've read they get clipped off before stocking them.
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They do clip them in some cases for later ID purposes but on the Caney a lot of the browns are stocked as 2"-4" fingerlings. In some years they'll supplement stocker size browns during problems with the others like last year or have a small stocking. That is another reason why a big brown is such an accomplishment for getting that large. In most cases they start out 6"-8" behind the bows/brooks and on the bottom of everyone in the rivers food chain.