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What is considered a trophy brook trout, coming from a decent sized tail water?
Question by DCluver. Uploaded on September 11, 2012
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Answers (8)
Here in eastern WV anything over 15 inches I consider a trophy brook trout.
I think 12 inches is a trophy for a native
Back in '04, I shot my biggest buck ever. He grossed about 140. The taxidermist I chose raises deer. When I went to pick up my mount, he was hanging beside a shed mount that measured "256"!!! ...which made my deer look pipsqueak!
BUT...I scouted, hunted, shot and processed "my" deer. He didn't come out of a "pen"!
Sorry!
My point is, "trophy" is your perception of your game, not numbers in a book.
Ever see a kid with their first spike that didn't think they'd just killed the "Hanson" buck?
I have a 14inch brookie at the taxidermist now from a small inland stream its really in the eyes of the beholder. If your looking for an older fish typically growth rates for stream brookies are pretty slow after 12 inches when large lake bodies of water are not accessible to the fish.
I think there is a difference between trophy and a fish worthy of mounting. A 14" brookie would be suitable for hanging on my wall.
If you are happy with the pursuit and the catch, then any size is a trophy. If you want to know numbers though, I would think a brook trout over 16 inches would be very respectable. In WV you can get a award from the state for a brook that is over 2lbs.
My experience in the lower 48 is that with a little bit of effort and willingness to travel a 2# 15-inch speckled charlie is a reasonable standard for an annual trophy (something you could achieve each year). On a longer term basis and with a more serious commitment -- say over 5-to-10 years -- move that standard up to 4.5# and 20-inches.
If you are willing to travel to Canada and have the means to get into some wilderness or back country opportunities you can, with experience and hard work, reasonably expect to engage >5# +24-inch fish.
My advice, if you are serious, is to stay away from lodges and outfitters. Get into the back country to lakes and rivers the commercial opportunists ignore. You will discover that there are untapped and overlooked areas that have fantastic trophy fishing!
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Here in eastern WV anything over 15 inches I consider a trophy brook trout.
I think 12 inches is a trophy for a native
Back in '04, I shot my biggest buck ever. He grossed about 140. The taxidermist I chose raises deer. When I went to pick up my mount, he was hanging beside a shed mount that measured "256"!!! ...which made my deer look pipsqueak!
BUT...I scouted, hunted, shot and processed "my" deer. He didn't come out of a "pen"!
Sorry!
My point is, "trophy" is your perception of your game, not numbers in a book.
Ever see a kid with their first spike that didn't think they'd just killed the "Hanson" buck?
I have a 14inch brookie at the taxidermist now from a small inland stream its really in the eyes of the beholder. If your looking for an older fish typically growth rates for stream brookies are pretty slow after 12 inches when large lake bodies of water are not accessible to the fish.
I think there is a difference between trophy and a fish worthy of mounting. A 14" brookie would be suitable for hanging on my wall.
If you are happy with the pursuit and the catch, then any size is a trophy. If you want to know numbers though, I would think a brook trout over 16 inches would be very respectable. In WV you can get a award from the state for a brook that is over 2lbs.
My experience in the lower 48 is that with a little bit of effort and willingness to travel a 2# 15-inch speckled charlie is a reasonable standard for an annual trophy (something you could achieve each year). On a longer term basis and with a more serious commitment -- say over 5-to-10 years -- move that standard up to 4.5# and 20-inches.
If you are willing to travel to Canada and have the means to get into some wilderness or back country opportunities you can, with experience and hard work, reasonably expect to engage >5# +24-inch fish.
My advice, if you are serious, is to stay away from lodges and outfitters. Get into the back country to lakes and rivers the commercial opportunists ignore. You will discover that there are untapped and overlooked areas that have fantastic trophy fishing!
Post an Answer