Brook Trout Or Splake

[toca]

Was Talking To A Fellow Angler And I Got Into A Conversation Of Brook Trout Fishing. Ended Up Showing This Picture And That Person Was 99 percent sure it was a splake. I Remember Showing This Picture Before And Someone Else Told Me It Was A Brook Trout.

 

So Ive Decided To Settle This Once And For All

 

[Roy]

Brookie

[misfish]

If I said atlantic,would I be out of line?

 

Me brudder has it right.

[toca]

If I said atlantic,would I be out of line?

 

Me brudder has it right.

 

 

i wish

[BillM]

Definitely Salvelinus fontinalis.

[shadowfly]

That's called the perfect meal for One.

[solopaddler]

It would help to know where it was caught.

 

Some splake look remarkably similar to brook trout.

 

If put on the spot I'd say splake because the tail doesn't look entirely square.

[Old Man]

It would help to know where it was caught.

 

Some splake look remarkably similar to brook trout.

 

If put on the spot I'd say splake because the tail doesn't look entirely square.

 

Exactly my thought. The tails too forked for a Brookie and probably not enough for a Laker.

 

 

[misfish]

It would help to know where it was caught.

 

Some splake look remarkably similar to brook trout.

 

If put on the spot I'd say splake because the tail doesn't look entirely square.

 

 

At that size/age do they show the square tail Mike? Just asking.

[solopaddler]

At that size/age do they show the square tail Mike? Just asking.

 

 

They sure do.

[Roy]

Wow...

[Rod Caster]

Good photos OldMan!

The mouth curves down quite a bit...I'll say it's a splake.

[lookinforwalleye]

I am with Mike on this one Splake!

[Roy]

It's a BROOKIE! You guys are starting to worry me.

[solopaddler]

It's a BROOKIE! You guys are starting to worry me.

 

The tail is a bit of a giveaway Roy.

 

I have pic's in my scrapbook of splake and unless I told you, you'd swear they were brookies.

[lookinforwalleye]

Splake I caught one 30 years ago and that makes me a Splake expert!!!

But I stand to be corrected!!!

[skeeter]

I think it's a speckled trout that got splaked in the oven!

 

but speckchaser will be on shortly to settle the debate.

[misfish]

It's a BROOKIE! You guys are starting to worry me.

 

Sry brudder,yer on yer own from here.

 

I say splake.LOL

 

Thanks Mike.

Edited February 8, 2011 by Misfish

[trevy727]

I think if you layed that fish down on a table, the tail would be square making it a brookie. It definately has a slight fork the way its hanging but I think it's misleading.

[toca]

I Caught This Fish At Rice Lake. It Was Approximately 10" And Was Release Immediately Because It Was Out Of Season. Took My Quick Picture And Put It Back.

[irishfield]

I can guarantee these are brookies.. and they looks identical.

 

 

 

Mind you reTodd's fishes tail looks a bit shorter and rounder on the outside edges.

Edited February 8, 2011 by irishfield

[Guest ThisPlaceSucks]

The only positive way to tell is to open up the fish and examine the worm-like projections on the front part of the stomach. These are called pyloric caeca and function in digestion. Lake trout have 100 – 190 of them and brook trout have 20 – 50, and splake usually have 70 – 80.

[Rod Caster]

I didn't know there were specks in Rice Lake, it doesn't seem to me like a Speck lake. I've caught them in relatively nearby creeks however.

[ehg]

It is a brook trout.

I remember the report where you caught a fallfish as well there.

Both uncommon catches in Rice Lake but it was early in the season when the water was still cold.

Have caught quite a few specks in tribs of the Otonabee River. Early in the cold water season they could slip into main lake.

[flyfisherkirk]

Was Talking To A Fellow Angler And I Got Into A Conversation Of Brook Trout Fishing. Ended Up Showing This Picture And That Person Was 99 percent sure it was a splake. I Remember Showing This Picture Before And Someone Else Told Me It Was A Brook Trout.

 

So Ive Decided To Settle This Once And For All