I've been trying to get information on why fall stocked trout immediately seem to go into a false spawn. i caught a few browns in the wee hours of the morning yesterday but after the sun came up all we could see were the stockies pairing up and bumping the females like it's spawning time. since most of these stocked fish are rainbows and rainbows spawn in the spring, why are they acting like it's spawning time? How long before they settle into a feeding pattern as opposed to ignoring everything and focusing on sex? by the way, the stockies only fight about 1/2 of their potential if that right now (maybe the low warmer water?)