Brown Trout

Arkansas is home to the world record brown trout. H. "Rip" Collins of Heber Springs, Arkansas caught the world record brown trout weighing 40 pounds and 4 ounces in the Little Red River on May 9, 1992. He broke the standing record of 38 pounds, 9 ounces caught from the North Fork River in north Arkansas. Brown trout are most common in the White, North Fork and Little Red rivers, but the Spring River also offers a growing brown trout fishery. Populations are maintained by natural reproduction, stocking and regulations. Browns up to 5 pounds are not uncommon, and world-record fish have been caught in the North Fork River (38 pounds, 9 ounces) and White River (33-1/2) pounds). The back and sides are dark olive-brown and have black spots and orange or red spots with blue halos. Unlike rainbows and cutthroats, the tail is usually unspotted and unforked, and there is no reddish side stripe.

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