A decent brookie
Jan 10, 2021 16:52:28 #
bknecht wrote:
They to me they are the most beautiful salmonid ,our state fish and the only native to Pa. Very nice picture of your daughter with that brookie.
Ya b, they are only scheduled to stock 11600 this year in the Bull Shoals tailwaters and that will be in July.
MAS fish
Jan 10, 2021 16:58:18 #
bknecht wrote:
They to me they are the most beautiful salmonid ,our state fish and the only native to Pa. Very nice picture of your daughter with that brookie.
Ya b, that's why it is so special catching them in the Bull Shoals tailwaters as they won't stock until July again and they only plan to put 11600 brookies in at that time.
MAS fish
Jan 10, 2021 17:52:19 #
Salesrep
Loc: Maryland
My PB was 171/2” and thought that was a big one.....but you sure got that beat.Nice fish, now go out and catch a bigger one, now that you know where they are. Thanks for the picture.
Salesrep
Salesrep
Jan 10, 2021 18:38:03 #
bobber22
Loc: Ocala, Florida
DozerDave wrote:
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
THATS A HE NOT A SHE
Jan 10, 2021 18:40:29 #
bobber22
Loc: Ocala, Florida
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
Nice carnevore you got there. Slim because its a male most likely. Huge mouth, bet lots of smaller fish went down that gullet.
Jan 10, 2021 20:36:46 #
Jan 11, 2021 00:21:45 #
bknecht wrote:
Did not measured it nor weigh, actually got a bit stressed over taking its picture out of the water and wanted to get it back is ASAP.
It'll be fine. Looked like an old hen that just got rid of a bunch of eggs.
Jan 11, 2021 10:05:43 #
fchanadeljr
Loc: n.e. Pa. wyoming county
Being from n.e. Pa. myself i never caught a brookie that long and thin. Doesn't look like a stockie either. I'd say you got a rare one there buddy.
Jan 11, 2021 12:08:14 #
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
My thought, bk, is; I would mount that puppy. That is a beautiful Brookie. I think the slim body and the large head indicates that it may be a male, but it doesn't have a hooked lower jaw, so, Idk. Did you put it in a frying pan?
Jan 13, 2021 14:20:59 #
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Jan 14, 2021 21:59:55 #
F1vecreeks
Loc: Portland, Oregon
That is a massive brook trout, although skinny. Have only seen a few that size here in Oregon. Well done.
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