Stocker brookies look different than wild brookies

[fishermandan420]

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[Adamthedrummer]

I realize now that the lighting and water clarity also affects the colors. My first honey hole is very clear and very fast moving water. Specs are almost devoid of color. Always silver except for smaller ones with parr marks. My favorite spot produces very colourful specimens however.

 

[Adamthedrummer]

 

[Adamthedrummer]

 

[fisgfreek]

I could be wrong but the fish in the first pic looks like a Slake.

 

[Adamthedrummer]

No its a big male in spawning colors. No splake around here.

 

[Adamthedrummer]

If you zoom in it has blue halos around the red spots. And this area has only had specks stocked. A few browns supposedly escaped a private pond many years ago when the spring floods got really high. Yet to see one other than one time there was a huge trout I spooked when I approached the water. At least 2 pounder

 

[Adamthedrummer]

In the second picture you can see how silver the trout is. All the larger fish in this area are silver and I assume its because of the fast white water

 

[Adamthedrummer]

Same stream different water speeds. One from white water one from slow.

 

[Adamthedrummer]

Different water speeds.

 

[Adamthedrummer]

I've deducted that stocker brookies look the same. Its the environment that seems to dictate the color.

 

[Huronfly]

what time of year were they caught?

 

[Adamthedrummer]

Mid summer. Late July early August