mirogak Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 How come the Brookie has such vibrant colors this time of the year? Isn't that supposed to happen in the fall? I am looking at the marked white lines around the reddish fins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 How come the Brookie has such vibrant colors this time of the year? Isn't that supposed to happen in the fall? I am looking at the marked white lines around the reddish fins. They are always coloured up, even more in the fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 (edited) It's a brown. I've also never caught a brown with red spots? [when not in spawning mode] Have caught thousands of browns. They have red spots. http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v615/shiffy/?action=view¤t=biggestbrown.jpg Main difference is mouth size. Scroll down for differences. http://www.fishcreeksalmon.org/atlantic-salmon-id.htm Edited June 4, 2012 by ehg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 I've caught a few Lake O browns which have zero red on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyb Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Those are a pair of gorgeous fish!!!! I'm amazed at how fast that brookie is growing....hope it got released close to the brown....in a few years maybe someone will pull a tiger out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jigsnreels Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Pretty decent throw-in. :-) Browns are still on my to-catch list, that one's a beauty... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutologist Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Very nice catches. Another fella I know from T Bay caught a brown in the Nip this weekend as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 anglers on OFC are similar to the MNR - wanting to believe everything is an atlantic. I'm sure the bio will reply back to the OP, and will confirm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 If that's an Atlantic, it must have one hell of a vertical jump to make it in from the big lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dabluz Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 If that's an Atlantic, it must have one hell of a vertical jump to make it in from the big lake. I also say it's an Atlantic salmon. Here where I live, we catch a lot of landlocked Atlantic salmon and they ressemble the one in the photo.....when caught in a river system. Out on a large lake, they are silver coloured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 I also say it's an Atlantic salmon. Here where I live, we catch a lot of landlocked Atlantic salmon and they ressemble the one in the photo.....when caught in a river system. Out on a large lake, they are silver coloured. If you knew where this fish was caught, there is absolutely no possible chance it made it up from Lake Superior. Seeing that someone else caught a brown on that same river system in the same week, I think brown trout is the easy choice. Will be interesting to see what with the MNR comes back with though after seeing the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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