Normally, my hybrid daydreams are of the automotive variety, but in learning a bit about the hatcheries in my current home state, I found out about a very attractive fish that is heavily stocked in Michigan's upper penninsula. Its common name is splake, and it is pictured below:
I know a bit about fishes, and I had not heard of this fellow. It is actually a hybrid between a brown (or speckled) trout, and a lake trout, hence the mishmashed name - SPLAKE. The Marquette hatchery released over 300K of them a few years back. Their web page is not up to date, so I don't know if they are still breeding this cultivar.
One thing I do know is that it looks awful tasty.....
As hubby and I traveled from west to east thru Canada to get to my new duty station, we took a fly fishing charter on a beautiful lake in Jasper National Park. I had my gear in the car, but we thought it would make more sense to "go with the pros" as it were. They provide everything, including the license.
We got in the wooden canoe powered by an electric motor, and helped the guide set up the gear, as we traveled to a good fishing spot. I thought we would be casting with dry or wet flies, but it turns out that the best method for this lake is to troll at 1-2 knots with the fly sunk down about 15-20 feet. We both caught an energetic lake trout, but we could not keep them as we were not local residents. I don't normally believe in "catch and release" (I am more of a "catch and eat" gal), but we had a great time nonetheless.
So I guess that is an example of hybrid fishing as well!
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| borrowed from http://www.maine.gov/ifw/fishing/species/identification/splake.htm |
One thing I do know is that it looks awful tasty.....
As hubby and I traveled from west to east thru Canada to get to my new duty station, we took a fly fishing charter on a beautiful lake in Jasper National Park. I had my gear in the car, but we thought it would make more sense to "go with the pros" as it were. They provide everything, including the license.
We got in the wooden canoe powered by an electric motor, and helped the guide set up the gear, as we traveled to a good fishing spot. I thought we would be casting with dry or wet flies, but it turns out that the best method for this lake is to troll at 1-2 knots with the fly sunk down about 15-20 feet. We both caught an energetic lake trout, but we could not keep them as we were not local residents. I don't normally believe in "catch and release" (I am more of a "catch and eat" gal), but we had a great time nonetheless.
So I guess that is an example of hybrid fishing as well!
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