There are pre spawn invasive Brown trout in just about every cold/coolwater stream you can think of - pick one and try it out - you can find large migratory fish in places you never thought they’d be - they’re still feeding and getting territorial - pretty soon they’ll get the real urge to merge that’s when I try to fill a deer tag - then back to it for post spawn - big migrants usually hang around in some of those “non-trout” streams and forage until the real freezing starts - here are a few clues of the types of water where these transient trout dwell short term:
