Brown trout...swallowed hook!

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Ive never kept trout before but I have kept many other hooked fish. Almost all of them throw the hooks even though some were gut hooked. Sometimes this takes a week. Keep us posted.
 
This is in no way telling you to keep this fish, but I had a browntrout in with a LMB 2 summers ago....The results, not good. The tankmates were not an issue, but the temp was. The browntrout eventually got very sick and just kinda sat there. This was actually my first experience with fish keeping. He was in there for like 2 weeks, but not very happy. He never ate and was mopey. I really don't think it is fair to this type of fish. Trout are sensitive to their living conditions. Honestly, he would have done better just released. He would have gotten the hook out eventually and still lived a happy life in his natural environment. I kept these fish as an ignorant beginner....In my experience, it just didn't work and the fish suffered.
 
there are some trout in bass ponds but if you got this trout from a river and are not mimicking the enviorment you took it from you dont have a good chance with it
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Trout in ponds are normally stocked and aren't meant to survive long term. They're only there for fisherman and some will be caught, some will die, but it's not a concern because they're farmed specifically for fishing. Whether you catch them out of a lake or not is no indication of whether they will do well in a certain setup.
In fact, if you catch trout in a lake or pond they may actually be less likely to do well because they've already been stressed by being transported and thrown into water with low oxygen and debateable water quality.

Whether or not trout will do well in your setup is dependent on the species more than anything. If you catch it out of a waterway with a breeding population of that species or where that species is native you could emulate that enviroment in your tank and have success, but if you're catching stocked fish somewhere that's not necessarily the case.
 
It might be able to spit up the hook, I once caught a bullhead and put him in my aquarium and after a fue days I noticed a Jig on the bottom of the tank. I did not ceatch him on a jig, someone elese must have released it with the jig in its gut.

I thought about keeping trout, but I think I will wait untill I can get a chiller.
I hope yours lives.

Mike
 
teleost;1219271; said:
Zero....My sarcasm was unnecessary and I'm sorry.

I see lots of things wrong here. First you took a fish from the wild before doing any homework. I can see taking some little properly identified darter or shiner home and then trying to learn more about it since you can manipulate a small tank easily to suit the fishes needs. It's costly and difficult to overnight make a bass tank into a trout tank.

Next: You took an adult fish from the wild. This alone usually results in death or difficult transition to captive life at the very least. Never take adult fish as this is difficult on existing tankmates and is basically a death sentence for the fish.

Bioload??? Did you plan on handling the bioload for the 14" of pure muscle and energy you put in the tank? Trout require some pretty nice water conditions and putting that fish in without a soon to be festering wound inside it's digestive system spells trouble.

If you want to see more positive responses I'd suggest posting something like this: "I'm thinking about putting a 14" brown trout inside a 125 gallon tank with my bass. Before I do I want to know if this is a good idea? What specific requirements to brown trout have for captive care?"

I can't speak for others but I'm a little tired of the fact that native fish seem to treated like garbage when it comes to captive care. I'm not sure why this is the case but I suspect people think they can just go out a get a new one.
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I could not agree more Teleost.

Zero, honestly, IMHO, you should listen to people when they tell you something is not going to survive in the environment you are providing. I know for a fact Teleost has a lot of experience with natives and so do many others on the forum. Trout are coldwater fish that get way too large for 99% of people to keep. Your bass is going to need a 12' tank as it is and the trout will need an even larger tank. I also noticed the heater in your tank.

If you want a trout, get a brook trout. They're much prettier and only get 14" max.:)
 
some hooks will rot away in 14 days. (specifically made that way) and keep the water temp way low for this guy
 
any updates on the little guy? is he eating and doing ok?
 
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