Brook Trout Details
- 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 04:29 AM
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baystateangler posted in MA 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