10-12-2004, 01:40 PM
Oats,
Traditionally the Henrys Lake cutts run 18 inches, the hybrids about 20 inches and the brooks about 16 inches. It is not uncommon to catch cutts up to 24 inches, hybrids to 28 to 30 inches and brook trout up to 22 inches. The state record brook came from Henrys and was 7-1. This season my largest cutt has been 27 inches, largest brook trout 23 1/2 inches and largest hybrid was 34 inches with a 21 inch girth.
This said, we have lost several age classes of fish on Henrys for some reason - probably drough related. We have a lot of yearlings that are 8 to 12 inches and then the large fish that are 4 or 5 years old. We have very few two, three and four year olds. But with the number of yearlings, they will be 16 to 18 inches next season and it looks like we have a good number of fingerlings this fall.
Brook trout are few in numbers because they were not planted for five years. Last year was the first season that the stocking happened again. We are seeing 10 inch brook trout and a few brooks in the 20 to 22 inch range. I got two of those last Saturday.
I think that the future is also good for them.
Hope this answers you questions.
Best of Luck,
Bill
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Traditionally the Henrys Lake cutts run 18 inches, the hybrids about 20 inches and the brooks about 16 inches. It is not uncommon to catch cutts up to 24 inches, hybrids to 28 to 30 inches and brook trout up to 22 inches. The state record brook came from Henrys and was 7-1. This season my largest cutt has been 27 inches, largest brook trout 23 1/2 inches and largest hybrid was 34 inches with a 21 inch girth.
This said, we have lost several age classes of fish on Henrys for some reason - probably drough related. We have a lot of yearlings that are 8 to 12 inches and then the large fish that are 4 or 5 years old. We have very few two, three and four year olds. But with the number of yearlings, they will be 16 to 18 inches next season and it looks like we have a good number of fingerlings this fall.
Brook trout are few in numbers because they were not planted for five years. Last year was the first season that the stocking happened again. We are seeing 10 inch brook trout and a few brooks in the 20 to 22 inch range. I got two of those last Saturday.
I think that the future is also good for them.
Hope this answers you questions.
Best of Luck,
Bill
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