Brookie
Nov 26, 2021 15:58:31 #
Spiritof27 wrote:
Or if you got nothing else to do, put it in a vice and go at them barbs with a small file. Works for me and it gets some of my aggression out.
Thanks sounds good . Must be a small file .
Nov 26, 2021 19:04:19 #
Spiritof27 wrote:
Don't want to start a fight, but those sure look like brown trout to me, not brookies. Brookies have yellowish spots, not black, sometimes with red inside the yellow, and the rest of em is greenish. Whatever, nice fish and good for you! Thanks for the photos.
I am with you Spirit on your assessment. Looks like browns to me also.
this is a brown I caught and a brook that my daughter caught.
MAS fish
Nov 26, 2021 19:05:51 #
Nov 26, 2021 19:14:28 #
WV Troutslayer wrote:
I thought the same thing looks like a brown to me.
Okay, folks ! Here's a comparison chart explaining the differences
between the two species !
Nov 26, 2021 20:43:01 #
Nov 26, 2021 20:51:50 #
And just so we all know, brook trout are not trout. They're char. And they're tasty.
Nov 26, 2021 21:16:38 #
Fishing Fool
Loc: redding, ca
According to the species they are also know as speckled trout, spotted trout, brookie, and square tale trout. All of my relatives in Wyoming consider them a trout from 3 generations so maybe they could be a trout? 
Nov 26, 2021 21:41:17 #
Nov 26, 2021 22:55:14 #
Just because somebody in the family calls it a trout don't make it a trout. Lake trout are also not trout, they are char also. Here - from Wikipedia
The brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) is a species of freshwater fish in the char genus Salvelinus of the salmon family Salmonidae. It is native to Eastern North America in the United States and Canada, but has been introduced elsewhere in North America, as well as to Iceland, Europe, and Asia. In parts of its range, it is also known as the eastern brook trout, speckled trout, brook charr, squaretail, brookie or mud trout, among others.[3]
RJS in Texas refers to bluegills as perch. They are not perch. In California if it ain't a bass, it's a perch. There are no perch in California that I know of.
Not that any of this matters a bit. Call em what you want. I just find it interesting.
California also calls the brook trout.
That don't make em trout either. Their dna says they're char.
The brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) is a species of freshwater fish in the char genus Salvelinus of the salmon family Salmonidae. It is native to Eastern North America in the United States and Canada, but has been introduced elsewhere in North America, as well as to Iceland, Europe, and Asia. In parts of its range, it is also known as the eastern brook trout, speckled trout, brook charr, squaretail, brookie or mud trout, among others.[3]
RJS in Texas refers to bluegills as perch. They are not perch. In California if it ain't a bass, it's a perch. There are no perch in California that I know of.
Not that any of this matters a bit. Call em what you want. I just find it interesting.
California also calls the brook trout.
That don't make em trout either. Their dna says they're char.
Nov 26, 2021 23:12:09 #
Spiritof27 wrote:
Just because somebody in the family calls it a tro... (show quote)
I stand corrected, thanks Spirit. I wonder why even institutions call them trout?
Nov 26, 2021 23:22:08 #
Fishing Fool
Loc: redding, ca
So why do they refer to them as trout and not Char? I would think all of the experts would just say we are catching Char and I've never heard of anyone calling them Char when they catch them.
Nov 27, 2021 02:28:36 #
Great questions! I wish I had the answers, but I'm tired and I'm going to bed.
Nov 27, 2021 10:23:36 #
Fishing Fool
Loc: redding, ca
Spirit you give up so easy!!!!!!!!! And yes California does have Sacramento Perch in the following : Clear Lake, Alameda Creek, Calaveras Reservoir and ponds; quite rare though.
Nov 27, 2021 11:25:22 #
Fishing Fool wrote:
Spirit you give up so easy!!!!!!!!! And yes California does have Sacramento Perch in the following : Clear Lake, Alameda Creek, Calaveras Reservoir and ponds; quite rare though.
Sacramento Perch are not true
yellow perch, either ! We just
had a 'go 'round' on this subject
a short while ago - the only true
yellow perch in California are in
Iron Gate Reservoir (confirmed),
while Copco and Lafayette
Reservoirs and the Klamath
River are strong probables !
Nov 27, 2021 13:08:59 #
Billy awesome wrote:
Just wanted to go out for a couple hours
Nice brown trout, Billy.
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