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Title: Brookies in Quetico?
Post by BigUgly on Mar 13^th, 2011 at 12:23am

Just wanted to see if anybody knows of Brook Trout in Quetico. Haven't caught any in my five trips, but was just curious... I know BWCA does, so it just makes me wonder. Also it seems like a fair mix of the Lake Trout we get have red fins - are these Splake? We have caught fish within 5 min of each other in the same spot that look quite different.

Title: Re: Brookies in Quetico?
Post by Westwood on Mar 16^th, 2011 at 3:02am

A small lake between Nym and Batchewaung has brook trout in it. the lake is an option for the portage.

Title: Re: Brookies in Quetico?
Post by BigUgly on Mar 16^th, 2011 at 1:27pm

ty. i see there are three seperate portages. the one straight through (east), the one with two segments (middle), and the last one to the west, with four segments (3 small lakes)... so looks like I'll be exploring the western two - thanks for the tip.

how did the brook trout get in the park? i assume b/c there is boat traffic on Nym? haven't gone this way in a few years, but might be worth looking at.

the 2012 trip we have planned - Beaverhouse, Quetico, Conk, Jean, Boulder, Your, Fair, Badwater, then back out with daytrips to Red Pine, Orion, Beaverpelt

Title: Re: Brookies in Quetico?
Post by Drewfus on Mar 24^th, 2011 at 3:56am

Big Ugly,

I unfortunately have no information about the brookies, though I've heard things about there being a lake or two with them on the northern part of the Q.

I was drawn to your post however by the mention of splake. I too have caught red finned lakers and wondered if they were in any way different from the other LT. Also, some of the above LT/red finners had NEON pinkish/red (fuschia would be an accurate description). Is there any difference in taxonomy with these?

Title: Re: Brookies in Quetico?
Post by BigUgly on Mar 24^th, 2011 at 4:08pm

I was hoping this link would help out, but maybe it doesn't. Someone was telling me that the red fin may be a separate sub-set of lakers, but not necessarily splake. If I remember correctly there were two different species of Lakers when I fished Lake Superior 5yrs back. One had white meat, the other was more pinkish - apparently one was better to eat than the other... I find that hard to imagine, it may be the best tasting fish overall.

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Title: Re: Brookies in Quetico?
Post by Solus on Mar 24^th, 2011 at 5:07pm

I believe color of the flesh is largely determined by diet (the fish's not yours).