Brook Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

Also known as: charr, salter, sea trout, coaster brook trout, aurora trout

Brook Trout
year-round

Description

Brook trout are native to small, cold, spring-fed streams and are a favorite for wilderness fishing. They have either green or silver bodies, with a blueish or black colored back sporting a yellow, leopard-like vermiculation on their backs, with red and yellow spots and blue halos surrounding some of them. They also normally have very red bellies in their mature stages during spawn.

Habitat

Cold, headwater streams and lakes

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