toca Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 Brookie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 If I said atlantic,would I be out of line? Me brudder has it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toca Posted February 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 If I said atlantic,would I be out of line? Me brudder has it right. i wish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 Definitely Salvelinus fontinalis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowfly Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 That's called the perfect meal for One. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 At that size/age do they show the square tail Mike? Just asking. They sure do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 Wow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 Good photos OldMan! The mouth curves down quite a bit...I'll say it's a splake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookinforwalleye Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 I am with Mike on this one Splake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 It's a BROOKIE! You guys are starting to worry me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookinforwalleye Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 Splake I caught one 30 years ago and that makes me a Splake expert!!! But I stand to be corrected!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeter Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 I think it's a speckled trout that got splaked in the oven! but speckchaser will be on shortly to settle the debate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevy727 Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toca Posted February 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThisPlaceSucks Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfisherkirk Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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