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kill3ducks1deer
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2012/05/04 00:37:17 (permalink)

Brook trout

How do you tell the difference between a stocked and native/wild brook trout? I caught one that was around 8 inches, not sure if it was a nice wild trout or a small stocked trout.

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    tippecanoe
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    RE: Brook trout 2012/05/04 08:32:45 (permalink)
    wild fish are generally better colored, but idk

    sucks they stock over wild fish, IMO

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    RE: Brook trout 2012/05/04 08:50:58 (permalink)
    i always figured it was just an observational thing. 
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    RE: Brook trout 2012/05/04 09:29:44 (permalink)
    Squeeze them really hard, the stockies are soft and mushy.           

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    RE: Brook trout 2012/05/04 12:33:09 (permalink)

    ORIGINAL: BorgCollective

    Squeeze them really hard, the stockies are soft and mushy.           



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    RE: Brook trout 2012/05/05 14:27:13 (permalink)
    Not to much help so far, I caught 5 that were definitely wild, but there was one I caught I am not sure if it was wild or not, very pretty fish, didn't look like the stockies or wild ones I caught

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    RE: Brook trout 2012/05/05 18:20:34 (permalink)
    If you've got stocked, holdover, and wild all in the same stream, not only can it be very hard to tell, but often, in just a few years, due to interbreeding, the lines between them become very blurred.
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    RE: Brook trout 2012/05/06 09:02:32 (permalink)
    The wild taste better...WF
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    RE: Brook trout 2012/05/06 09:19:53 (permalink)
    The fins and colors are the cues to look for. The fins are the most reliable indicator.

    Do some fishing in remote unstocked streams, where you know the trout are wild. And so some fishing in streams that hold just stockies, no wild trout. Then just look at the colors, the fins, the overall look of the fish.

    After a while you'll be able to tell.
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