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The Fisherman's Wharf => Off-Topic => Topic started by: taxid on Aug 26, 2021, 12:20 PM
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from one of the brook trout I raised in my trout pond. Chad See taxidermist of West Virginia mounted it. The males if well fed get a really high back during spawning season. I've seen it in wild fish in Patagonia where food is plentiful.
(https://i.imgur.com/gZxBalJl.jpg)
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Great mount. Brookies are beautiful fish.
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They sure are. Going to miss raising them. Brooks and browns were my favorite. Liked them better than the steelhead.
Wanted to see if I could grown one up to 8 lbs., but they seemed to have short life spans and most didn't want to go past age 3. My biggest was 6 lb. 10 oz. in three years, and another one didn't weigh that much but got to 24 inches in three years.
Browns were a different story. Got one to 12 lbs. in 5 years and he probably would have lived longer and become even larger.