I went to the Amoskeg fishways today! They had a tank with a few baby atlantic salmon parr, I believe thats what they are called. There is also a page in the fish and game rule book that shows these fish so people dont confuse them with trout. Heres my quandry, I am pretty sure I have caught these fish in gilford in a stream that runs into winni. I always thought they were just native brookies, but I was wrong. These fish had vertical light black markings on them just like the ones in the tank. Is it possible I was catching baby landlockes that just swam up stream. Im not sure what a baby landlocke looks like.
wayne,
Thanks, thats good to know!I would hate to take one thinking it was a brookie. Gunstock stream? Are you reffering to the stream that feeds into the lake at ellacoya? Actually that is poor farm brook and the stocking reports show they stock it with brookies.
Thanks for the reply!
No, not Poorfarm Brook; Gunstock River which runs from Mt Belknap thru Gilford and enters Winni in Saunder's Bay. I'm sure some LL salmon also run up Poorfarm but I never caught any small LL slamon in Poorfarm. Small LL salmon are often confused for brown trout.
Brown trout parr / fry look very similar to atlantic salmon parr...they are the same genus. Salmon will have a forked tail, browns a squared off tail. Those black markings are definitely the way to distinuish both from brookies. I've cleaned 16" salmon that still had faint black bars..
