Are Splake Good to Eat?
Splake. a Hatchery Hybrid of Lake Trout and Brook Trout, the Splake Is Better Tasting Than Both of Its Parents. Perhaps It Is Hybrid Vigour, or Maybe It Is...
Splake. A hatchery hybrid of lake trout and brook trout, the splake is better tasting than both of its parents. Perhaps it is hybrid vigour, or maybe it is some genetic anomaly, but splake are truly a unique delight. Smoked, fried, baked or grilled, it is tough to beat them.
What do you use to catch splake?
- catch them in shallow water just after ice-out using light tackle or flies.
- rising water temperatures send splake into deeper water to feed on minnows and other fish.
- shy and easily-spooked.
- will take a range of small minnow-imitating plugs and small, flashy spoons and spinners.
- good ice fishing catch.
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How can you tell the difference between splake and lake trout?
Splake are both smaller, slimmer, and darker than lake trout. Lake trout have a pointier tail fin that is more deeply forked than that of the splake. Dead fish can also be accurately identified by the number of appendages on their intestinal tract, as splake have fewer than lakers.
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