03-25-2015, 03:40 PM
[quote wormandbobber]
The reality is this....in a good lake, brook trout can grow to 5 pounds in 2-3 years! Big brook trout were and are not the result of strain or long life but fast growth! [/quote]
People always want to bring up the current brook trout record by Milt Taft. They always refer to strain. But what everyone fails to remember is that the fish was caught shortly after a fish kill in that lake. We still see this today -- either after a winterkill or after a rotenone treatment the trout growth explodes and big fish show up shortly after.
The quote by wormandbobber is exactly correct. It was correct in 1971 when Taft caught the record fish, and it is correct today: Big brook trout are the result of fast growth.
[signature]
The reality is this....in a good lake, brook trout can grow to 5 pounds in 2-3 years! Big brook trout were and are not the result of strain or long life but fast growth! [/quote]
People always want to bring up the current brook trout record by Milt Taft. They always refer to strain. But what everyone fails to remember is that the fish was caught shortly after a fish kill in that lake. We still see this today -- either after a winterkill or after a rotenone treatment the trout growth explodes and big fish show up shortly after.
The quote by wormandbobber is exactly correct. It was correct in 1971 when Taft caught the record fish, and it is correct today: Big brook trout are the result of fast growth.
[signature]