Western MD trip- weird looking brown trout

[CenMD4458]

Hello everyone,
I took a trip out to Western MD this past weekend and had a great time. I had the chance to fish the Savage(skunked), upper savage tribs, a couple stocked streams in the area, and a couple spots on the North Branch Potomac. All in all it was a great trip. I did a good amount of brookie fishing and really enjoyed that. I'll post a link below for some pictures of the trip.

http://imgur.com/a/wnr1w

One thing I was hoping to get some opinions on is two strange looking brown trout I caught in a stocked stream, on back to back bow and arrow casts, from the same pool. I have seen the previous threads and debates over "brown or tiger trout?", with people showing browns with strange, elongated spots that are almost like a brookies vermiculations but ultimately many believe these are just strange stocked browns, not tigers. What do you all think about these two? They both had a very distinct blue hue that ran down the middle(lateral line area?) in addition to the striping instead of defined spots. Tell me what you think. Thanks!

 

[BrookieChaser]

Pelletheads.

Poor reproductions of fine art.

 

[3wt7X]

I agree... Bad genetics in stocked Browns, I have caught a lot of those in the lower portion of the Savage, the N Branch and the put and take area of the upper Savage over the years. They actually turn out rather nice looking, when they hold over and color up a bit in the N Branch.

I am glad you enjoyed your trip!!! Nice report and that area has a special place in my heart. I will be living out there soon, and cannot wait to have all those streams 10 mins down the road

 

[OldLefty]

Two of us were on Kettle Creek in northern PA on Monday and we both caught browns with similar markings. There's a lot of them out there like that.

 

[Tucker733]

Yeah definitely stocked browns. I live in the area and that's the typical stocked brown you'll get some look even worse and are just weird