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Fishing Media => Fishing Pictures => Monster Fish Pics => Topic started by: gonehuntin97 on May 02, 2012, 09:40 PM
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Fish was caught nov of 2010 in a small tributary of A small river in western South Dakota. (https://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi171.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu317%2Fgonehunting97%2Fbigfish001-1.jpg&hash=62114a6d85c49655dce7bc8c3f9611ff)
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Wow, that's a beauty! Just to ask, is that from the States?
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Wow, that's a beauty! Just to ask, is that from the States?
What part of "western South Dakota" didn't you get?....
WK
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What part of "western South Dakota" didn't you get?....
WK
That wasn't there when I asked. It was just a pic. Thanks GH
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nice brookie brook trout good job
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Sorry bout that guys I had edited my post to give some information and didnt realize that someone had posted on it before I could get done with edit..
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that thing is a beast and absolutely beautiful, truely a fish of a lifetime congrats!
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BEAST!!
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wow. gorgeous brookie.
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One of the biggest I have ever seen, awesome job in the release
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That is really a nice fish. That said, I have seen hundreds of brook trout and that one just didn't look right to me. I shared the photo on another wedsite with professionals who have the credentials to give a dependable identification. While there was no concensus, none of them said it was a brook trout. Most who saw it believe it is a splake...a hybrid of a brook trout and a lake trout. Congrats!!
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wow the red on that thing is incredible. nice fish
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That is really a nice fish. That said, I have seen hundreds of brook trout and that one just didn't look right to me. I shared the photo on another wedsite with professionals who have the credentials to give a dependable identification. While there was no concensus, none of them said it was a brook trout. Most who saw it believe it is a splake...a hybrid of a brook trout and a lake trout. Congrats!!
Looks like a giant brook trout to me. Not a splake. Just throwin my 2 cents in. Congratulations of the phenominal fish gone hunting!
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Truly a fish of a lifetime, Congrats on the Stud Brookie !!
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Absolutely a splake- that what makes it so beautiful and so awesome!! Look at that head and those pec fins! So Lake trout-like. That has to be one of the prettiest and rarest fish ever- congrats on a great catch!!!!!!
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Absolutely a splake- that what makes it so beautiful and so awesome!! Look at that head and those pec fins! So Lake trout-like. That has to be one of the prettiest and rarest fish ever- congrats on a great catch!!!!!!
You can't judge a fish by its head and its pectoral fins. Just trust what the man says when he's the one who caught it and saw it up close. :) Easiest way to tell is the tail. Brookies have a flat tail, while splake have a V cut tail and lake trout have a very deep V cut tail. That trout has a flat tail the only reason it looks slightly forked is because of the way he's holding it.
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Who cares either way its a beauty.
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Actually, fisheries biologists DO use heads and pectoral fins...and tails...to help identify fish. . It is what it is, and it is not a brook trout. If anyone is annoyed by the correct identification of the fish, feel free to cling to your own opinion instead. I assume the fisherman who caught it will appreciate knowing the kind of fish he released. Here is another splake and, as expected, the similarities to the original fish are obvious.
(https://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi178.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw259%2FMifox%2Ffish2.jpg&hash=3ea015d51bc12a76e5f47343acdc88f5)
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I guess you cannot tell if it is either without a closer look at the fins, vermiculation and halos but I would say it looks a lot like a brookie, I have seen many of both species. But hating aside its a gorgous fish and I you should be very proud, congratulations!!
Splake have many creamy white spots on their sides with a few red spots mostly located on the lower sides of the fish. They do not have the distinct blue halos around the red dots that brook trout prominently exhibit. Splake also have forked tails. Eastern brook trout have creamy white spots along with many red spots with very distinguishable blue halos. Brook trout also have square caudal fins (tails). (Main Dept. of Inland Fisheries)
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This is a record brookie caught in Alberta, Canada. It looks pretty similar, so just keep this in mind. But its reely hard to tell from the picture i'm still not sure. I would just like to know.
(https://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1241.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fgg505%2Frgm243366%2FWorldRecordBrookie-1.gif&hash=055c7cb7683b2bd8704d34a045e1cd44)
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I also can catch largemouth bass on a flyrod...hehe. If it means anything splake...brookie....whatever..didnt plan on starting an argument. thanks guys.
(https://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi171.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu317%2Fgonehunting97%2F8-24-07BabyFish.jpg&hash=b4f0c6c2a1ca40fdc3d99b6812918e67)
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I also can catch largemouth bass on a flyrod...hehe. If it means anything splake...brookie....whatever..didnt plan on starting an argument. thanks guys.
(https://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi171.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu317%2Fgonehunting97%2F8-24-07BabyFish.jpg&hash=b4f0c6c2a1ca40fdc3d99b6812918e67)
Glad to see you've got a good sense of humor. There really is no arguement about the correct ID of the fish. You're welcome. ;)
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wow that is very nice fish i wish they would get like that out here
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Actually, fisheries biologists DO use heads and pectoral fins...and tails...to help identify fish. . It is what it is, and it is not a brook trout. If anyone is annoyed by the correct identification of the fish, feel free to cling to your own opinion instead. I assume the fisherman who caught it will appreciate knowing the kind of fish he released. Here is another splake and, as expected, the similarities to the original fish are obvious.
(https://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi178.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw259%2FMifox%2Ffish2.jpg&hash=3ea015d51bc12a76e5f47343acdc88f5)
Im not annoyed and I really am sorry if that bothered you. I was honestly not trying to start anything. I believe what he caught was a brookie because he said it was and it looks like a brookie to me. No hurt feelings here. I just spent the weekend fishing the ponds around the Northern Adirondacks and Saranac Lake. We caught quite a few brookies and a couple of nice splake as well so if you want I can post a few pictures of the differences in the fish we caught. Its just a forum on the internet. We're here to share stories not arguments.
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from this picture nobody can tell if its a brookie or a splake--i think it sure could be a brookie--the only way to tell for sure is to kill the fish and examine it--you need to count the wormlike appendages in the fishes guts--anybody that sounds so sure to discredit an angler from a photo and sound so sure about it is retarted and really doesnt know what he is talking about --good for you for letting the fish go if that is what you wanted to do --so now for ever this fish will be a controversy--and i doubt they stocked splake near there or in a stream but i dont live near there--great fish
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Yea I agree with you guys! Im just sooo curious now. I love this kind of stuff, thats why i'm studying freshwater biology at UNH. But if anyone can find out let me knooo! Haha sorry if anyone was offended. Good fishing everyone!
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I hope you guys are joking- ofcourse it's a splake. The best part is- that's what makes it an awesome trophy! CONGRATS gonehuntin!! And hey- is that bass really that big, or did you hold it close to the camera- lol!
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I agree it sure looks like a brookie. It also looks like a splake. I cannot say for 100% sure which it is. But I can say one thing for sure it is a beauty. Congrats on releasing it. I don't believe I have ever caught a brookie that big, But I have cuaght 2 splake like that. They are stocked quite abit around here. Steve
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Definetly a brookie . Splakes look more like lakers . Splakes don't really stay in rivers or streams they like lakes . Does the stream conect to any lakes that have splakes or lakers ?
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If you go to google images and type in brooke trout then lake trout you can easily decide which it is not that it matters that extremely much. thats one heck of a fish and even cooler it was caught on a fly. congrats
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After much deliberation and speaking with a veteran local fish biologist is is most defanitley a splake. they are planted in one of the local lakes just we are not exactly sure how it ended up in this tributary that is not connected in any way to water that has splake.
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After much deliberation and speaking with a veteran local fish biologist is is most defanitley a splake. they are planted in one of the local lakes just we are not exactly sure how it ended up in this tributary that is not connected in any way to water that has splake.
From the sounds of some replies that were posted, I don't think your finding will change the minds of those who are unwilling to admit they were mistaken. That said, it was nice that you were able to reinforce the same identification I was given. Your splake is nonetheless a BEAUTIFUL fish!!
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If your referring to me I will man up and say I was wrong. But since this debate was started another thread on the identification of splake and brook trout has been started. I'm not saying what it is because honestly I don't know anymore. But the only way to tell what it truly is, is to count the number of "pyloric caeca" on the intestinal tract.
http://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/index.php?topic=54277.15 (http://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/index.php?topic=54277.15)
Its on the second page. So since there is no tried and true method to determining the species without killing it, and the angler did not (which is awesome for realeasing such a trophy) were not going to know the truth.
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No, I wasn't referring to you, but rather others who said (Their opinion) that is was definitely a brookie. I said from the git/go that I wasn't sure of it's identity.....just that it didn't look "right." I submitted the photo to professionals just like the OP did and THEY are the ones who said it wasn't a brook trout. Anyone who disputes the identification of fish by fisheries biologists can take it up with them. ;)