Sea Run Brook Trout Stream
by Constantine Gregory
Title
Sea Run Brook Trout Stream
Artist
Constantine Gregory
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Description
Red Brook is a small, spring fed, 4.5-mile-long trout stream that empties into Buttermilk Bay, close to the Cape Cod Canal. It flows south from White Island Pond, and for much of its length Red Brook serves as the boundary between the towns of Plymouth and Wareham in southeastern Massachusetts. It was established as a permanent reserve in
2001 to protect the spawning area for the Red Brook “salter” population.
One of the few coastal streams in Massachusetts that supports anadromous fish (migratory fish which hatch in freshwater, make their way to sea to grow, and return as adults to spawn), Red Brook is home to one of the last remaining native sea-run brook trout fisheries in the eastern United States.
Brook trout adapt readily to the transition from freshwater to saltwater and back
again. Estuarine residence is important for salt water acclimation and eventual seaward migration. Brook trout salters develop a silvery sheen ,caused by the build up of guanine in the shin beneath their scales. The longer the time in saltwater, the more apparent the sheen, with color change completed in about two weeks. Guanine is a common molecule in biological systems; it is most widely known as one of the components of DNA. Fish (and some spiders) are able to make guanine crystals of very specific size and orientation , which results in the shine or iridescence of fish scales.
Fishing here is Catch and Release, with barbless hooks only.
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May 15th, 2014
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