Brook trout?

  • Mike
    Eyota MN
    Posts: 94
    February 6, 2021 at 4:23 pm #2012722

    Is the 3rd one down a brook trout or just a dark rainbow ?

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    matt
    Posts: 659
    February 6, 2021 at 4:47 pm #2012728

    Rainbow

    mark-bruzek
    Two Harbors, MN
    Posts: 3839
    February 6, 2021 at 4:47 pm #2012729

    Another rainbow.
    They do take many different shades, which can be any time if the year just as your bag shows.

    Sure is a nice change to get a fish that fights as hard as trout when ice fishing.

    Mike
    Eyota MN
    Posts: 94
    February 6, 2021 at 4:51 pm #2012733

    Thanks ! We’ve got a few this year that are so much darker than others. Wasn’t sure if maybe we got a brook in the mix. They are so damn fun to catch. It just seemed fatter and a bit shorter than the rest.

    Buffalo Fishhead
    Posts: 296
    February 6, 2021 at 10:17 pm #2012851

    Like everyone has indicated it is a rainbow and it appears to have an adipose fin clipped. Are hatchery brood culls stocked in the water you were fishing?

    Buffalo Fishhead

    Mike
    Eyota MN
    Posts: 94
    February 6, 2021 at 10:19 pm #2012852

    Yea It’s a stocked lake.

    eyeguy507
    SE MN
    Posts: 4625
    February 7, 2021 at 11:33 am #2012940

    Oh the ol Foster pond! They put brookies in there 5 or so years ago but I’m sure they all gone now. I’ll get out there later this year so save some for me!

    IceHawk
    Richmond mn
    Posts: 37
    February 7, 2021 at 11:46 am #2012946

    Speaking of Trout anyone have any luck out Big Watab this winter? Some decent Browns mixed in with the Rainbows out there and the sight fishing can be a blast!

    Joe Dirty
    Big Lake
    Posts: 168
    February 8, 2021 at 11:20 am #2013256

    Brook trout have bright white stripes on their fins

    tegg
    Hudson, Wi/Aitkin Co
    Posts: 1450
    February 8, 2021 at 12:13 pm #2013275

    A super quick way to tell is whether or not the fish has black spots. Fish in the char family don’t have them (includes brook trout).

    curleytail
    Posts: 674
    February 8, 2021 at 5:56 pm #2013373

    3rd one down looks like a black crappie to me.

    Sorry, couldn’t help it. jester

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