A decent brookie
Jan 9, 2021 22:19:09 #
Got this in a stream that is not stocked due to its designation as wild trout waters. It’s about 10 miles from the nearest stocked stream, It has lots of native brook trout but I’ve never caught one this size. I know that rainbows/steelhead do some serious traveling but not sure how migratory brookies are.I believe this guy must have migrated a long way from stocked waters due to size and body(very slim). Your thoughts
Jan 9, 2021 22:35:16 #
Nice fish b. I personally have never seen one that big. Here where I fish, a 15 incher is a monster. I hear rumors of lakes that hold 4 or 5 pounders, but I haven't found one yet. Thanks for the photo.
Jan 9, 2021 22:37:06 #
Jan 9, 2021 22:39:03 #
bknecht wrote:
Got this in a stream that is not stocked due to its designation as wild trout waters. It’s about 10 miles from the nearest stocked stream, It has lots of native brook trout but I’ve never caught one this size. I know that rainbows/steelhead do some serious traveling but not sure how migratory brookies are.I believe this guy must have migrated a long way from stocked waters due to size and body(very slim). Your thoughts
I have been trout fishing for over 65 years. never ever seen a brookie that big. the flume in NH had some really big ones but not THAT big. nice fish.
Jan 9, 2021 22:40:08 #
bknecht wrote:
Got this in a stream that is not stocked due to its designation as wild trout waters. It’s about 10 miles from the nearest stocked stream, It has lots of native brook trout but I’ve never caught one this size. I know that rainbows/steelhead do some serious traveling but not sure how migratory brookies are.I believe this guy must have migrated a long way from stocked waters due to size and body(very slim). Your thoughts
Beautiful fish BK, I know nothing about Brook Trout except what my Trout buddies tell me. I've never seen one bigger than 1.5-2lbs here.
Jan 9, 2021 23:55:29 #
bknecht wrote:
Got this in a stream that is not stocked due to its designation as wild trout waters. It’s about 10 miles from the nearest stocked stream, It has lots of native brook trout but I’ve never caught one this size. I know that rainbows/steelhead do some serious traveling but not sure how migratory brookies are.I believe this guy must have migrated a long way from stocked waters due to size and body(very slim). Your thoughts
That’s a hella Brookie. And by the looks of the sweat 😓 bands on that hat she put up a hell of a fight...😂🤣😂🐟on
Jan 10, 2021 00:11:54 #
bknecht wrote:
Got this in a stream that is not stocked due to its designation as wild trout waters. It’s about 10 miles from the nearest stocked stream, It has lots of native brook trout but I’ve never caught one this size. I know that rainbows/steelhead do some serious traveling but not sure how migratory brookies are.I believe this guy must have migrated a long way from stocked waters due to size and body(very slim). Your thoughts
That’s a dandy. Nice job. My PB Brooke was a little over 2 pounds. That one smokes mine.thanks for the picture.
Jan 10, 2021 00:26:35 #
Your decent and my decent probably differ. My measure calls that a stud. Good catch!!!
Jan 10, 2021 07:13:27 #
Jan 10, 2021 07:44:35 #
E.pa.al wrote:
heck of a fish bk,thanks for sharing!!
Curious on the weight??
Curious on the weight??
E pa. Al, didn’t weigh it, I’m guessing maybe around 3 lbs. or so. It was a skinny fish.
Jan 10, 2021 07:56:41 #
bknecht wrote:
E pa. Al, didn’t weigh it, I’m guessing maybe around 3 lbs. or so. It was a skinny fish.
Ive seen pictures of monster brookies from Labrador and other such areas years ago in the outdoor magazines but I have never seen a personal pic of one that big. Great catch b......
Jan 10, 2021 08:52:36 #
I've seen pics also of sea run bookies from Canada the were that and larger, but not from stream fishing.
Jan 10, 2021 09:37:15 #
bknecht wrote:
E pa. Al, didn’t weigh it, I’m guessing maybe around 3 lbs. or so. It was a skinny fish.
Still a dandy in anybody’s brookie book for sure.
Jan 10, 2021 11:40:08 #
bknecht wrote:
Got this in a stream that is not stocked due to its designation as wild trout waters. It’s about 10 miles from the nearest stocked stream, It has lots of native brook trout but I’ve never caught one this size. I know that rainbows/steelhead do some serious traveling but not sure how migratory brookies are.I believe this guy must have migrated a long way from stocked waters due to size and body(very slim). Your thoughts
Wow! That is a nice one. Congrats! Did get to measure him?
Jan 10, 2021 11:45:04 #
bobcat
Loc: Goodland Florida
Have caught many that size in creeks that feed stocked ponds on a golf course. They all have long thin bodies and tend to migrate up streams.
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