Native or holdover?

[mute]

What are your thoughts on this fish? The screen grab doesnt do its justice. but i couldnt tell if it was a holdover or a wild.

 

[Swattie87]

That’s a wild Brookie. No question.

 

[Bamboozle]

Without knowing the particular watershed, I vote holdover.

The coloration isn't bad but the fins look kind of dinky and the head looks kind of big as if finding food wherever it lives has been a challenge.

 

[mute]

2 minute mark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfVFWOY5zWs&feature=emb_title

 

[salvelinusfontinalis]

Wild

 

[wildtrout2]

Looks native to me.

 

[larkmark]

I say wild.

Any thoughts on this Brown?

 

[Wild_Trouter]

I got Wild on the Brookie, and I'm a heavy lean toward Wild on the Brown as I see what looks like a faint eye spot and the coloration in all the right places to go with clean fins.

 

[Susquehanna]

If you cut them open the meat should be pink. If not its stocked.

 

[Swattie87]

High confidence wild on the Brown too.

 

[moon1284]

The browns fins are probably beat up from spawning. I'd guess wild.

 

[lycoflyfisher]

Susquehanna, the flesh of a holdover will transition into pink flesh more closely resembling a wild fish. How long and how pink probably is relative to their diet and the forage base of a particular watershed.

I would likely call both fish wild from what you can see in the pictures.

 

[pcray1231]

both wild. Less sure on the brown, but, I think its wild too.

 

[PennypackFlyer]

Browns were stocked in Pa in the late 1800 so they are not native.

 

[wildtrout2]

I think the brown is wild as well, based on the red on caudal fin edges, and red on the adipose fin. I didn't see much evidence of an eye spot, but I still think wild.

 

[steveo]

mute wrote:
2 minute mark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfVFWOY5zWs&feature=emb_title

Love that stream. If you're looking for wild brookies go further upsteam.

 

[just_jon]

Brookie is definitely wild. Large head in comparison to body and long gill plates. Most stocked brookies I catch have short gill plates

Browning looks wild to me.

 

[krayfish2]

In 15 years of being on this site, I don't think that I have ever participated in one of these before :-o :-D

Using my bad eyesight, limited knowledge of fish and a magic eight ball....

Wild on the brookie

Long term holdover on the brown

Let me know if I win anything and I'll provide my email address

 

[wildtrout2]

Susquehanna wrote:
If you cut them open the meat should be pink. If not its stocked.

From what I've read, that's not always the case. Apparently, some hatcheries are putting carotene, which is found in crustaceans, into the food they feed the trout. This can give stockers pinkish meat.

 

[ryansheehan]

krayfish2 wrote:
In 15 years of being on this site, I don't think that I have ever participated in one of these before :-o :-D

Using my bad eyesight, limited knowledge of fish and a magic eight ball....

Wild on the brookie

Long term holdover on the brown

Let me know if I win anything and I'll provide my email address

As a veteran of the stocked wild debate I would like to say welcome to the club, we're glad we sucked you in.

I go wild on the brown, tough pic in the brookie to tell but would lean wild.