Post By: illpilgrim Posted: 4/13/2016 6:34:53 PMPoints: 1831
After reviewing the 2016 Colorado Fishing brochure, I realized that my lake trout from early March was actually a splake. It's a beautiful fish and I though y'all might enjoy.
Do you have any hybrid photos? They are especially cool. I would love to see some tiger trout.
I agree with angler. Looks more like a laker then a splake. While both have a forked tail, the deeper "vee" in the tail is more characteristic of a lake trout. Ski
Reply by: BassConvert Posted: 4/14/2016 7:27:59 AM Points: 365
Pic in OP loooks splake-ish to me.
Lots of red in those fins. Pelvic and ventral fins are hard to see but would be the biggest clue. Splake have tri-colored pelvic fins, not 2 colored. I think I'm seeing some red, black, and white in there. The spots also look a bit yellowish instead of white.
Beauty of a fish by the way.
Love the look of them tiger trout. Someday an going to have to try and catch one. Have so many uncaught fish on the list that I haven't seen yet.
Reply by: Anteroman Posted: 4/14/2016 8:22:53 AM Points: 6918
Laker, I'd bet a drink on it!
A couple shots of Tigers and an old pic at Antero with my ONLY brookie and a splake. I used to catch several splake each year at Antero but only one brookie in over 5,000 caught fish?
Reply by: pikeNcolorado Posted: 4/14/2016 10:25:08 AM Points: 17861
White tip on the fins and orange coloration on the fins tells me Splake. Deep forked tail tells me Lake Trout. Coloration of the fish and spots tells me Splake. It's a toss up that's for sure.
Just to confuse things a bit, hybrids that are considered sterile actually can reproduce a little, especially in a backcross with one of the parent species. If there were both lake trout and splake in the lake, it could be something like 1/4 brook trout and 3/4 lake trout. I know it is rare, but it does happen enough that one cannot totally discount the possibility. When some of the hybrids do manage to reproduce, the reproduction success increases with each generation. There are some cases where supposedly "sterile" hybrids managed to establish a viable population. Again, rare, but it has been documented. You can never count nature out.
man, i need to fish with a few of you tiger fisherman. i've only found brookie sized tigers to snap a pic of. you have some nice sized tigers up yonder in post everyone.
