Brook Trout!!!

[Itsadeepbluesea]

So after many years I have finally done it here are some pictures of my brook trout

 

[fobrinkle]

How long have you had it? Looks really nice.

 

[neildie]

damn, great looking fish.
where did you get it?

 

[Itsadeepbluesea]

Have had it since the weekend, I got it out of a river by my house.

 

[Itsadeepbluesea]

sorry about the bad pictures, but he's still a bit skittish and surprisingly those were the best 3 out of 16 pictures

 

[lix.ma14]

very cool!

 

[Umbra]

Nice fish! I've always wanted to try a trout from a hatchery but never got around to it.

 

[warmouth]

Awesome! Looks great, are you using a chiller?

 

[Itsadeepbluesea]

Nope no chiller, I keep them in my basement, the temp has been consistent at high 53 to low 54 since I set the tank up a month ago. Its funny because the tank had an old stick on thermometer on it which doesn't even come close to registering as it goes down to 64 deg.

 

[Itsadeepbluesea]

Just an update on the brook trout, they are doing well and are becoming more accustomed to me. I can actually get the larger one to take a worm right out of my hand. They are both feeding well currently. So far I have been able to get them to take freeze dried krill, trout worms and blood worms. I have made a few attempts at meal worms but they just take them and then spit them out. Hopefully soon I can get some floating pellets in the mix. It should be interesting to see how the transition goes as the bigger one will hit anything that hits the water, it just becomes a question of if he will spit them out or not.