The 2 trout at the end of the video had to be in some sort of hibernating mode or some sort of adaptive torpor. There is no other way to explain it. It is a phenomenal survival skill and I’m in awe to have witnessed it and with a camera running. I never thought any of the 6 trout in the bucket with no water could be alive. I didn’t realize any of the fish moved in the bucket until later while watching the recorded footage. I was astounded when the trout flipped out of my hand into the water. How can that be? Afterwards, my thought was which fish were these and which location. It wasn’t the first trout under the leaves and it wasn’t the next three trout in the mud. These were the last two trout found which were just lying in the stream bed. There was no water there. The ground was only wet. I determined it was those 2 fish because when I put them in the bucket, they stuck to the side. I then pick them off the side and place them in the bottom of the bucket and you can see them slightly twitch. It’s just astounding. I was at that location for over an hour and there was no water in that part of the stream. It then took 10 minutes to walk the bucket upstream to the culvert. All of that time (70+ minutes) these fish were out of water. These brookies had to be in some sort of lower metabolic state to remain alive.
Thank you! Such a fantastic video. These are the same conditions, worries and survivability I'm often wondering about. Amazing the resiliance of Native Brook Trout in all our mountain streams during drought.
It is phenomenal the conditions in which these brookies survive. I always say they have a very tough life but always manage to continue on. Very cool. Gotta love em!!
Rescue 911 Wild Trout Man edition. Absolutely amazing!!! You are doing great things my friend. Sadly, you can't save them all. But you certainly make a difference in the environment, giving some a chance to run (or in this case...swim) Long live Wild Trout Man, and long live the fish you rescued 👍👍
Haha, that’d be a great film title!! Gotta try and save some. We already killed off so many with clear cutting the forest, mining, urbanization. These little guys already had it tough. I’m going to try and film them in the winter and see how they survive the frozen streams. 🥶🐟
Thank you sharing, your efforts, passion and dedication in saving these precious Brook Trout! This really highlights the relationship between the effects of climate change and drought conditions.
Thank you for your words!! Yes, brookies have it tough but it certainly won’t get any easier if temperatures continue to increase. They need water but it has to be cold water. Cold, clean and pristine. Lots of water won’t matter if those water temps are above 70 degrees. 🐟
Thank you so much!! It was an incredible day and I was thrilled when I reviewed the underwater footage. It’s amazing watching the trout naturally interact with their environment and the footage of the small trout head butting the camera is just too cool. Thanks for watching and commenting. 👊
Hey Paul!! Yes, it goes from one extreme to the next for native brookies: floods in the spring, heat in the summer, drought in the fall and frozen solid in the winter. Yikes!! I do plan on filming through the winter to document how they survive. 🐟
This is the environment that brookies have evolved in. This is why they can lay 200 - 300 eggs. The hope is that one or two will survive to reproduce and pass on its genes from one generation to the next. It’s amazing they live in such tiny headwater rills.
These tiny tributaries may seem insignificant but they are hatcheries for native brookies. As these brookies get bigger and require more food than this tributary can offer, they head downstream to the main stream. When it comes time to spawn and if there is enough water, they head back up these smaller tribs. The plentiful 1st year trout are then a snack for these bigger trout coming back upstream. This is the cycle that continues. The more spread out they get, the better chance the species has for survival. These tiny capillaries are critical to keep the balance and to keep the system flourishing. These waters need to be protected.
You would need a crew of guys to have saved all the native brookies that have perished. Too bad there is no way to get stream restoration done to that tributary. If there was some way to get a trencher in there to dig out the stream bed to make the tributary connective instead of our beloved native brook trout being trapped in puddles and just left to chance their lives.
Our Trout Unlimited group is applying for a grant to monitor and assess the stream including water quality, stream bank stabilization, riparian restoration, etc. We will try our best to help these fish flourish. Conserve and Protect!!
@@WildTroutMan That is great to hear. I've been a solo stream restoration advocate here in west central PA. The problem I see here is that when the PFBC does a stream survey, the local Conservation District gets involved to physically restore stream sections and because our state is the process and the project and so corrupt, they evade permits, such as highway occupancy permits and every other permit, provide E&S during stream restorations, fail to maintain water quality during restoration, such as construction of a cofferdam, when needed, etc. Also, the work the state does is always half-assed and skipped sections of E&S. I actually have pictures to prove it. I've moved rocks during base flow to curb E&S along stream banks and where a stream section was too wide to restore the channel back to adequate depth. I would think in that tiny trib, it's restoring the sequence of riffle, run and plunge pool, along with curbing E&S.
@@Sills71 The water is flowing now so the trout should be good unless we get a drought next summer. I am curious how they survive ice conditions in the winter. The stream is shallow so it must come close to freezing solid. Stay tuned…. I’m going to keep the cameras rolling through the winter.
The 2 trout at the end of the video had to be in some sort of hibernating mode or some sort of adaptive torpor. There is no other way to explain it. It is a phenomenal survival skill and I’m in awe to have witnessed it and with a camera running. I never thought any of the 6 trout in the bucket with no water could be alive. I didn’t realize any of the fish moved in the bucket until later while watching the recorded footage. I was astounded when the trout flipped out of my hand into the water. How can that be? Afterwards, my thought was which fish were these and which location. It wasn’t the first trout under the leaves and it wasn’t the next three trout in the mud. These were the last two trout found which were just lying in the stream bed. There was no water there. The ground was only wet. I determined it was those 2 fish because when I put them in the bucket, they stuck to the side. I then pick them off the side and place them in the bottom of the bucket and you can see them slightly twitch. It’s just astounding. I was at that location for over an hour and there was no water in that part of the stream. It then took 10 minutes to walk the bucket upstream to the culvert. All of that time (70+ minutes) these fish were out of water. These brookies had to be in some sort of lower metabolic state to remain alive.
Very informative. Amazing what they can survive in. Great work. Thank you!
Thanks Phil. How brookies can survive in these extreme conditions is amazing. Thanks for commenting. Happy new year!!👊
Thank you! Such a fantastic video. These are the same conditions, worries and survivability I'm often wondering about. Amazing the resiliance of Native Brook Trout in all our mountain streams during drought.
It is phenomenal the conditions in which these brookies survive. I always say they have a very tough life but always manage to continue on. Very cool. Gotta love em!!
Rescue 911 Wild Trout Man edition. Absolutely amazing!!! You are doing great things my friend. Sadly, you can't save them all. But you certainly make a difference in the environment, giving some a chance to run (or in this case...swim)
Long live Wild Trout Man, and long live the fish you rescued 👍👍
Haha, that’d be a great film title!! Gotta try and save some. We already killed off so many with clear cutting the forest, mining, urbanization. These little guys already had it tough. I’m going to try and film them in the winter and see how they survive the frozen streams. 🥶🐟
Thank you sharing, your efforts, passion and dedication in saving these precious Brook Trout! This really highlights the relationship between the effects of climate change and drought conditions.
Thank you for your words!! Yes, brookies have it tough but it certainly won’t get any easier if temperatures continue to increase. They need water but it has to be cold water. Cold, clean and pristine. Lots of water won’t matter if those water temps are above 70 degrees. 🐟
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Their amazing. Caught one in a trickle. Upon releasing it, it shot downstream to the main stream like a bullet.
Ha, that fish knew it was safer downstream where there was more water to hide. Gotta love wild trout!!
Such a beautiful and surprising video. The underwater video is great.
Thank you so much!! It was an incredible day and I was thrilled when I reviewed the underwater footage. It’s amazing watching the trout naturally interact with their environment and the footage of the small trout head butting the camera is just too cool. Thanks for watching and commenting. 👊
Thank you sir for all your hard work
My pleasure, Denny!! I hope you enjoyed the video. 🤠
Good morning wild trout man… always a pleasure to experience your adventures with you.. tight lines my friend…✌️
Hi Billy, thanks for watching and thanks for your nice words. Tight lines to you and Long Live the Wild Trout!!
Just discovered this channel. Came up in my random options. Amazing! Great work man!
Much appreciated Kieth!! Thanks for those words. We have to do what we can to protect and conserve these amazing fish.
That was fantastic... Great Job
Much appreciated Frank!!
Thanks for watching and commenting. 👊
Another excellent video. Thankfully the drought appears to be over here ... but now there's the issue of water freezing in the shallow tributaries.
Hey Paul!!
Yes, it goes from one extreme to the next for native brookies: floods in the spring, heat in the summer, drought in the fall and frozen solid in the winter. Yikes!! I do plan on filming through the winter to document how they survive. 🐟
This is the environment that brookies have evolved in. This is why they can lay 200 - 300 eggs. The hope is that one or two will survive to reproduce and pass on its genes from one generation to the next.
It’s amazing they live in such tiny headwater rills.
These tiny tributaries may seem insignificant but they are hatcheries for native brookies. As these brookies get bigger and require more food than this tributary can offer, they head downstream to the main stream. When it comes time to spawn and if there is enough water, they head back up these smaller tribs. The plentiful 1st year trout are then a snack for these bigger trout coming back upstream. This is the cycle that continues. The more spread out they get, the better chance the species has for survival. These tiny capillaries are critical to keep the balance and to keep the system flourishing. These waters need to be protected.
You would need a crew of guys to have saved all the native brookies that have perished. Too bad there is no way to get stream restoration done to that tributary. If there was some way to get a trencher in there to dig out the stream bed to make the tributary connective instead of our beloved native brook trout being trapped in puddles and just left to chance their lives.
Our Trout Unlimited group is applying for a grant to monitor and assess the stream including water quality, stream bank stabilization, riparian restoration, etc. We will try our best to help these fish flourish. Conserve and Protect!!
@@WildTroutMan That is great to hear. I've been a solo stream restoration advocate here in west central PA. The problem I see here is that when the PFBC does a stream survey, the local Conservation District gets involved to physically restore stream sections and because our state is the process and the project and so corrupt, they evade permits, such as highway occupancy permits and every other permit, provide E&S during stream restorations, fail to maintain water quality during restoration, such as construction of a cofferdam, when needed, etc. Also, the work the state does is always half-assed and skipped sections of E&S. I actually have pictures to prove it. I've moved rocks during base flow to curb E&S along stream banks and where a stream section was too wide to restore the channel back to adequate depth. I would think in that tiny trib, it's restoring the sequence of riffle, run and plunge pool, along with curbing E&S.
You should use a minnow trap to catch them, it will catch more and be much easier and faster
@@Sills71 The water is flowing now so the trout should be good unless we get a drought next summer. I am curious how they survive ice conditions in the winter. The stream is shallow so it must come close to freezing solid. Stay tuned…. I’m going to keep the cameras rolling through the winter.