South Eastern pa brookies

Here are a few pics of some brook trout I caught out of a very small run in southeastern pa. Very rare to encounter wild brook trout in my area but a real joy because of the rarity. The first is my biggest wild brook trout to date which was pretty big coming from a creek I could jump over most of. Not to bright with the colors but cool none the less.







Long live wild trout. They and the places they live stimulate my mind and inspire my soul.

All fish were caught and released on white trout magnets.

Edited by bart, 19 December 2009 - 10:52 PM.

Nice pics, very nice experience. I agree catching wild trout of any variety is always something special to me as well.

Beautiful fish! I have never fished for trout, but I do know of a few places in East KY where there are wild brook trout. I guess I should make that hike sometime. Is now or the spring the best time to fish for them?

That is a good looking creek too. I LOVE little creeks like that. Most wouldn't even think of the different fish that are swimming in those little creeks. Those small, clean little creeks are rapidly disappearing in East KY, it's a shame. Are you in the coal field in PA?

Edited by jblaylock, 20 December 2009 - 08:54 AM.

First of all thanks guys.

I would think fall would be the best time as the males really color up nice then though I have seen some rather brilliant fish in the spring too. Winter is great if you have the stones for it as most don't and you can have the whole creek to yourself. I don't have much experience with brook trout as I don't usually fish for them. I mostly do wild browns as they are my favorite and are very prolific but I figure this isn't the place to be talking about the qualities of an invasive species. There is very little habitat available for brook trout in southeastern pa. As I understand it they were very common before the white dudes showed up but logging, farming, and the introduction of invasive reduced them to only the most remote of head water streams.

If you are interested in catching them, white trout magnets are killer. Use really light fluorocarbon like 4lb and bite off most of the body on the plastic lure if they are biting the tail. That is how I catch almost all of my trout. It's amazing how well they are camouflaged on the bottom of the creek until they roll on a lure revealing their brilliant fiery flanks. PM me if you want to know more.

I want to snorkel with these fish when I finally have the equipment. That will be incredible.

Right on brother i am lucky i live in the driftless area. i love wild trout to and those are buetiful.