A Wild Friend

[BrkTrt]

A wild friend who call this Massachusetts stream home.

He also calls this salty bay home too.

A sea run brook trout.











- Brk Trt

[terry]

Very nice. I love those salters. Thanks

[rsetina]

That's a beautiful brook trout. Nice looking water too.

[Satoshi]

I've just found Smallstream. com is open again, and found this post.
What a great looking fish!
So, brookies can go down to the sea.
Could you tell me how you can tell this is a sea-run form? Usually, sea-run salmonids appear more silvery in body color. I'm just curious, because I've never been heard of sea-run brook trout before.

[BrkTrt]

I've just found Smallstream. com is open again, and found this post.
What a great looking fish!
So, brookies can go down to the sea.
Could you tell me how you can tell this is a sea-run form? Usually, sea-run salmonids appear more silvery in body color. I'm just curious, because I've never been heard of sea-run brook trout before.

They are born in fresh water where they remain until they can migrate to the bay. They remain there through the winter and then move back up into the cooler spring fed stream. They will stay there until they spawn, which can be anytime between Late September to mid November.

While in the salt they do change to a pale coloration but take on their brook trout colors once entering fresh water.


This guy was taken and released in late September at the tide water mark.




- Brk Trt

[Satoshi]

They are born in fresh water where they remain until they can migrate to the bay. They remain there through the winter and then move back up into the cooler spring fed stream. They will stay there until they spawn, which can be anytime between Late September to mid November.

While in the salt they do change to a pale coloration but take on their brook trout colors once entering fresh water.


This guy was taken and released in late September at the tide water mark.

Interesting!
I used to think brook trout might be the only salmonid species without any relation to the sea. Now I know they are also like other salmonids, able to migrate to the seawater. Thank you for not only beautiful, but a very informative report.

[rossa]

They are born in fresh water where they remain until they can migrate to the bay. They remain there through the winter and then move back up into the cooler spring fed stream. They will stay there until they spawn, which can be anytime between Late September to mid November.

While in the salt they do change to a pale coloration but take on their brook trout colors once entering fresh water.


This guy was taken and released in late September at the tide water mark.

Interesting!
I used to think brook trout might be the only salmonid species without any relation to the sea. Now I know they are also like other salmonids, able to migrate to the seawater. Thank you for not only beautiful, but a very informative report.

Any pictures of Iwana for us by any chance?

[Mostyn]

What a beautiful area! Great photos and a really interesting post.