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They definitely lose the excess weight and look more like a bullet once theyre held over for a while. Its like they get in better shape. Fish that have been in the river for a while turn a brownish molted color, searuns just like steelhead are super chrome body with black top when they first arrive, then darken up. There are fish dropping back now too that have wintered over that are called dark/black salmon and are extremely weak from not feeding. That fish looked wicked chrome, so probably just arrived - I've got ones like that in early april that came from the ocean. I know the CT broodstocks in the river make it over the dams with heavy rains and go back to the ocean then return later.
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