Fishing Species
Brook Trout Fish Species Information
Brook Trout bigfishtackle PM
| Label | Details |
|---|---|
| Scientific Fish Name: | Salvelinus fontinalis |
| Other Fish Name: | eastern brook trout, speckled trout, char, squaretail |
| Regions Fished: | wide area of eastern North America but increasingly confined to higher elevations southward in the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia, Canada from the Hudson Bay basin east, the Great Lakes–Saint Lawrence system, and the upper Mississippi River dra |
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| Additional Information: | Brook trout have white spots (worm-shaped on top) on a dark background with tri-colored outlined fins (orange, black and white). This prolific fish often becomes overpopulated and can out-compete other trout. They are typically found in higher elevation lakes, beaver dams and streams. |