Yes, it was pretty impressive!

Yes, our lakes have an abundance of aquatic life, which accounts for the rapid growth rate and sizes of our brook trout and rainbows. Here’s an example of the size that our rainbows trout are capable of reaching at 2-1/2 years. This one measured 21 inches and 3.6 pounds (I kept this one for dinner):

Agreed! There’s nothing better than a shore lunch of fresh trout when camping!
Here’s a photo that gives you an idea of the growth rate of our eastern brook trout that are stocked as fingerlings (average size 7.736 grams ) after living for 16 months in one of my local lakes:

I know that brook trout are the native trout for your part of the country, and rainbows very popular, but do they having stocking programs for your lakes that use brook trout as well?
The lakes in my region that are stocked with both eastern brook trout and rainbows are very popular with anglers.

Stunning and beautiful trout! Love the spots and colours! I always find it very interesting to hear how the different species of fish were relocated and adapted to a new (to them) environment!
Thanks for sharing that, Aarne!!

They are a unique subspecies of rainbow trout, Aarne, with very few spots on their sides. They’re incredibly strong fish that are best known for their hard runs and high jumps once they’ve been hooked! The Pennasks are used for a lot of our province’s stocking programs for our interior lakes.

Too funny! We just discovered it a week ago and are addicted to it! 😂

Thanks Marv! Hope you’re enjoying your summer!! 🍻

Hi Marv, In a situation like that I typically fish a dry and switch to a hover line (.5 ips sink rate) and fish an unweighted pheasant tail nymph or hares ear nymph (match the colour of the naturals). I went with the second option and had one of my best days in recent memory.
Hope this helps! 🙂

Looks like heaven on earth. What a wonderful adventure!!