I have received a few comments about how small brook trout appear to be. Yes, in most cases in the east, catchable brookies are in the 5-8 inch range. The CAN get bigger in the right conditions. These include:
1) live in a stream with a lot of food. Seems pretty obvious. But, many high elevation mountain brooks are pretty barren in terms of aquatic insects.
2) live in streams that don't contain brown trout (originally introduced from Europe). Brown trout are aggressive predators that eat brookies, and will also dominate the best parts of the streams with more food (deep pools) which then relegates brookies to marginal areas where they can't get very big. In areas with big brook trout, there are NO brown trout.
My question for y'all is, why are there so many streams with brown trout?
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