Brook Trout Details

Brook Trout Source: Raver, Duane. http://images.fws.gov. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
  • Water Type: freshwater
  • Latin Name: Salvelinus fontinalis
  • Common Names: Aurora Trout, Brookie, Coaster, Common Brook Trout, Eastern Brook Trout, Mountain Trout, Mud Trout, Sea Trout, Speck Trout
  • Water Temp: the coldest streams and lakes
  • World Record: 14 lbs, 8 oz., from the Nipigon River in Ontario, in July 1916 by Dr. W.J. Cook.
  • Last Modified By: baystateangler on 04/29/15 06:29 AM
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Baits and Tackle for Brook Trout

Flies Check Prices

  • Fished a wooly bugger with a casting bubble
  • Lil Jake, silver with red dots.
  • Worm
  • Al's goldfish (cooper 3/16 oz)

Dry Fly Check Prices

  • Caught using a yellow haired caddis ~#16 size.
  • Used a yellow stone fly
  • Yellow Stone Fly
  • EHC
  • Various, and worms
  • I use Royal Humpys or gold ribbed hares ear nymphs on this creek.
  • one on dryfly and one on #0 panthermartin spinfly

Emerger Check Prices

Nymph Check Prices

  • Copper beaded nymph
  • Green bh nymph
  • Copper John

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • Nightcrallers & worms
  • dilly worms

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • phoebe lure
  • Bronze, Silver/Copper & Florescent Yellow 2-Way spinner hooks with trout worms.
  • Neon yellow Rooster Tail with an orange blade

Brook Trout Description

Native to the East coast of the United States. This species is really a member of the Char family and is not a true "trout."
They are olive-green to dark brown on the back, lighter on the sides, and silvery white on underside.
Pale spotting; blue halos surround small red spots on the sides, worm-like markings (vermiculation) on the back, and dorsal fin are lacking in other salmonids. The edges of the lower fins have white margins.
All colors intensify at spawning time.

-Massachusetts State Record is 10 lbs 0 oz caught by Peter Harand in 2008 at Ashfield Lake Ashfield, MA

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