Several time's this past year i have seen some odd behavoir, that appeared to be trout playing dead.
One time while walking up stream, I noticed, what I thought was a dead brook trout, kinda stuck under a rock upside down. So of course I started poking at it with my rod ( yes I broke two rods this year already ) anyway it suddenly reacted, righted itself and bolted away.
Several other times after catching a fish, fighting him quick, and gingerly removing the hook, upon release the fish bellied up as if I had fought him for an hour on a spinning rod with a treble hook that ripped his gills out. Then I would do my EMT thing on him, and before I could give him mouth to mouth he would bolt as if nothing was wrong.

Why are these fish upside down. Why damn it.
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