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Sakalmon:
How can you tell the difference between a splake and a Brook trout? Far as I know I have never seen a splake.

pmmpete:
Google "difference between splake and brook trout" or difference between splake and lake trout," and you will find some useful information, or at least the information that it can be difficult to distingluish between these kinds of fish just by looking at them.  See, for example, http://alpinecountryoutfitters.blogspot.com/2012/03/whats-difference-splake-vs-brook-trout.html .

Sakalmon:
I have looked this up. I spoke with a fish biologist and he said the only way is to cut them open and check a certain organ. I am just curious when others talk about catching splake, maybe they know something the biologist don’t.

Fishrmn:
Brook trout are often referred to as "square tails".  Lake trout have deeply forked tails.  Splake have moderately forked tails.

nbourque:
Splake don’t have the blue halos like brookies do. At least here in Maine that is the case.

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