Author Topic: First ice today (Read 2610 times)

appleye · « **Reply #1 on:** Nov 13, 2012, 11:54 PM »

Nice pics! Beautiful brook trout, love the spawning colors

addicted to ice fishing · « **Reply #2 on:** Nov 13, 2012, 11:56 PM »

Nice, looks like you had fun.

GillMaster · « **Reply #3 on:** Nov 14, 2012, 12:23 AM »

Jealous here in SW MI. Beautiful fish!

prospector · « **Reply #4 on:** Nov 14, 2012, 01:01 AM »

Very good quality pics!

masoneddie · « **Reply #5 on:** Nov 14, 2012, 02:05 AM »

Beautiful looking brookies, how much ice? Thanks for sharing with us Wyoutdoors!

Kinkyline · « **Reply #6 on:** Nov 14, 2012, 07:10 AM »

Gorgeous fish outdoor guy. Is that a PK in it"s mouth?

cbtrtbum · « **Reply #7 on:** Nov 14, 2012, 07:39 AM »

Very nice!! Love those pk's in the smaller sizes! Its a splake isnt it? Going for some myself this weekend! Thanks for sharing the photos! Chris

wyoboypt · « **Reply #8 on:** Nov 14, 2012, 07:41 AM »

dude, NICE FISH!!! i've never caught a brookie that big. i didnt realize there were brookies in NE wyoming. what lake are you on???

muskyon46 · « **Reply #9 on:** Nov 14, 2012, 08:05 AM »

SWEET!!! nice looking fish

Soooooo Jealous, guess i'll just have to keep feeding my addiction with the boat

SLAYERFISH · « **Reply #10 on:** Nov 14, 2012, 08:22 AM »

NICE brookys. Can't wait!

gemcityslayer · « **Reply #11 on:** Nov 14, 2012, 08:32 AM »

Lol I'm pretty sure all but one of you flunked the "is it a brookie or a splake" test.

I'm pretty sure those are Splake? They don't quite look like pure brookies to me.

Special · « **Reply #12 on:** Nov 14, 2012, 09:09 AM »

Quote from: gemcityslayer on Nov 14, 2012, 08:32 AM

Lol I'm pretty sure all but one of you flunked the "is it a brookie or a splake" test.

I'm pretty sure those are Splake? They don't quite look like pure brookies to me.

I was thinking of the same thing. "Splake"

gemcityslayer · « **Reply #13 on:** Nov 14, 2012, 11:48 AM »

By the way Wyoutdoors... awesome fish! Jealous!

If you look closely you can kind of see the laker genes coming through in those fish.

I think it is probably the easiest fish to misidentify... brookies and splake. Apparently biologists even have a tough time with it... because in some cases the two look so darn similar.
I'll try to find it but I've read a couple stories where someone catches a 7-8lb state record "brookie" and when they do some kind of testing on the fish they find out it is a splake.

wyoutdoors · « **Reply #14 on:** Nov 14, 2012, 12:15 PM »

Well, I thought they were Splake initially too, but I never have been a trout guy to begin with lol. They were averaging 18"-20" in length. Didn't have a tape with me but they were about as long as my forearm. Being a catch and release day, it really didn't matter to me what they were as it was a BLAST icing these on an ultralight setup with a light drag setting. (Love the sound of a peeling drag!) If the brookie limit is 16, I would have needed to make two trips to pack'em out. Fat and feisty!

Kinkyline, yes that's a PK in it's mouth. I just may have one or two PK's in my tackle box at any given time.

That's the new PK gold plated spoon and flutterfish, hot producers most of the early afternoon.

wyofly99 · « **Reply #15 on:** Nov 14, 2012, 05:10 PM »

Nice job!!!!!!

er-e-is · « **Reply #16 on:** Nov 14, 2012, 06:36 PM »

I was thinking they were lakers, guess its a question for a G&F dude.

Fishrmn · « **Reply #17 on:** Nov 14, 2012, 06:42 PM »

Look like Splake. Gotta see the tail though. Deep fork, almost like two separate fins is Mackinaw or Laker. Square tail is Brook Trout. Splake are in between.

Pectoral fins look like Splake. Can's see any halos around any of the spots. I'm guessing Splake.

Toxic fisher · « **Reply #18 on:** Nov 14, 2012, 06:51 PM »

Nice fish looks like PK lures?

gemcityslayer · « **Reply #19 on:** Nov 14, 2012, 07:04 PM »

Quote from: er-e-is on Nov 14, 2012, 06:36 PM

I was thinking they were lakers, guess its a question for a G&F dude.

I've never seen lakers with red fins like that. But I agree, they do look like lakers... especially the head shape and patterning. 99% sure they are splake.

jasonfishn · « **Reply #20 on:** Nov 14, 2012, 07:12 PM »

Where did you go to get them at thats awsome!!!!

er-e-is · « **Reply #21 on:** Nov 14, 2012, 08:09 PM »

Half moons lakers look like that. I asked a G&F guy about them, he said they were lakers and not splake

fishonone · « **Reply #22 on:** Nov 14, 2012, 08:42 PM »

sweet fish can not wait to go

gemcityslayer · « **Reply #23 on:** Nov 14, 2012, 10:15 PM »

I dunno some lakers I've seen have orange fins...but most don't and I don't think any have fins that are that red.... and the black markings on the fin either. Not trying to be argumentative but they sure look like Splake to me.

The fins are the dead give away it is definitely not a pure lake trout.

gloomis · « **Reply #24 on:** Nov 14, 2012, 11:25 PM »

The best way to tell is look up what lake they came from and see if you can do it that way.

gemcityslayer · « **Reply #25 on:** Nov 14, 2012, 11:36 PM »

True.

Ethan11271 · « **Reply #26 on:** Nov 15, 2012, 12:43 AM »

Nice fish! In MA the limiton trout is 3 a day.

wyoutdoors · « **Reply #27 on:** Nov 15, 2012, 12:56 AM »

Quote from: Fishrmn on Nov 14, 2012, 06:42 PM

Look like Splake. Gotta see the tail though. Deep fork, almost like two separate fins is Mackinaw or Laker. Square tail is Brook Trout. Splake are in between.

Pectoral fins look like Splake. Can's see any halos around any of the spots. I'm guessing Splake.

They weren't a deep fork, nor squared off either. Semi-V?

fishinwilly4g63 · « **Reply #28 on:** Nov 15, 2012, 08:53 AM »

Quote from: wyoutdoors on Nov 15, 2012, 12:56 AM

They weren't a deep fork, nor squared off either. Semi-V?

Splake for sure then, they were biting up here last weekend like crazy, went through a tub of frozen minnows by noon.

Wyofarmer · « **Reply #29 on:** Nov 15, 2012, 09:41 AM »

Looks like catfish to me but I don't have my glasses on either.

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