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Got out with buddy Mike P. for a day of Splake fishing. What a great day.





Billy Bones

Nice try fellas...but I know that spot!....

Mike is all over the trout this spring....great stuff!

RJ

Good outing Mike P. and Billy B.

Good report Billy!!! Nice lookin' Trout.....

I always thought that Splake had more of a square tail like the one that S.M.O5 caught????

RJ wrote:Nice try fellas...but I know that spot!....

Mike is all over the trout this spring....great stuff!

RJ

RJ

You thinking about Farren Lake???

Mike is an unbeleivable trout man, needs one more for a second grand slam. These are the ones we boated, lost about 6 more,
2 at the boat and one of them was an easy 10 lbs.

Billy Bones

TroutnMuskieHunter wrote:Good report Billy!!! Nice lookin' Trout.....

I always thought that Splake had more of a square tail like the one that S.M.O5 caught????

Steve, do you ever stop your B.S? Always a negative ending? Instead of always trying to start crap...if you got something on your mind, just say it, instead of implying something!

Relax Mike and take a deep breath ......I'm just curious whether there are different strains of Splake that have forked tails identical to Lakers....most Splake I have seen and caught have a slighty forked tail and looked similar to the one that S.M.O5 caught.

If anyone else can add to this it woulld be great....what's a sure way of identifying a Splake versus a Laker????

I simply go by what the lake has been stocked with.....I doubt very many lakes have both.....

I'll admit....I can't tell the difference between them....other than the spake we're getting being a bit more colourful....

TroutnMuskieHunter wrote:Relax Mike and take a deep breath ......I'm just curious whether there are different strains of Splake that have forked tails identical to Lakers....most Splake I have seen and caught have a slighty forked tail and looked similar to the one that S.M.O5 caught.

If anyone else can add to this it woulld be great....what's a sure way of identifying a Splake versus a Laker????

RJ wrote:I simply go by what the lake has been stocked with.....I doubt very many lakes have both.....

I'll admit....I can't tell the difference between them....other than the spake we're getting being a bit more colourful....

Thanks RJ!....

I did a quick search and this was the best I could find...

http://www.ontarioanglerawards.com/Down ... Splake.pdf

I'll call a guy that I know who's a biologist for MNR....maybe he can shed some light because it's not clear now...

Good going guys. Looks like a great day. I spent a lot of time jigging for them earlier this week and couldn't get onto them. Care to share any tips? Like how deep the fish were over how deep of water? Were you trolling? Last year I spent a day looking in shallow water and this year I spent the day over deep water. Maybe it's just me

TroutnMuskieHunter wrote:If anyone else can add to this it woulld be great....what's a sure way of identifying a Splake versus a Laker????

There is no sure way unless you open them up...... but I know you're good with the google and would bet you already knew that.

sweet fish.

splake laker or specks.

i dont care there still nice!

one question... a lil off topic

WHY!

does everyone on this site.

have a close friend.

that is a BIOLOGIST.

am i the only REJECT?

The MNR website has a section on fish identification and provides the following:

Key identifying characteristics of splake:
http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/Le ... 00080.html

• (Positive identification is sometimes difficult using external characterictics.)
  Intermediate between brook trout and lake trout;
  tricoloured fins; light spots on dark background, some red spots but lacking the blue halo;
  slightly forked tail (not usually deeply forked like the tail of a lake trout).
  The only way to positively distinguish splake is to count the pyloric caeca, (finger-like projections of the intestine): splake (65 to 85); brook trout (23 to 55); lake trout (93 or more).

As Bradford mentioned, the only sure way is to open them up.

P.S. Fishing 24/7, I'm a fellow reject.

Nice fish guys

Nice looking fish lads.