Given that brown trout are found so few other places in Oregon, I came to Linton Lake with a plan: harvest my limit of brookies. But if I got a brown trout, I would release them.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Tens of thousands of legal and trophy-sized trout are being offloaded into various bodies of water around the state this month in preparation for peak fishing season.

Rainbow trout known as "Redsides" are native to Oregon's Deschutes River. (Getty Images) We spent most of the half-day Walk and Wade trip — almost four hours — in the river.

Given that brown trout are found so few other places in Oregon, I came to Linton Lake with a plan: harvest my limit of brookies. But if I got a brown trout, I would release them.