04-19-2012, 02:16 PM
[quote icesore]I've caught them at Causey after ice off. With rise and falls in Causey it can be tough to target. Fish lake is by far the easiest place to catch them that I know of. They do fight good but, grow way to slow. That is why I think F&G move to tiger trout.[/quote]
Splake are like any other trout...their growth is very fast under the right situations--when competition for food is high, fish don't grow fast. In many of the places where splake are being used, they are competing with numerous other fish--sometimes chubs, perch, suckers, carp, and even other trout are all competing for food. In Fish Lake, for example, splake grow relatively slowly feeding on plankton and other aquatic insects until they switch over to an entirely piscivorous diet...when they do, growth is accelerated and they grow quickly.
IF you were to take splake, like other trout, and stock them into a situation where competition for food isn't high, they would grow just as quickly as tiger trout or any other trout.
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Splake are like any other trout...their growth is very fast under the right situations--when competition for food is high, fish don't grow fast. In many of the places where splake are being used, they are competing with numerous other fish--sometimes chubs, perch, suckers, carp, and even other trout are all competing for food. In Fish Lake, for example, splake grow relatively slowly feeding on plankton and other aquatic insects until they switch over to an entirely piscivorous diet...when they do, growth is accelerated and they grow quickly.
IF you were to take splake, like other trout, and stock them into a situation where competition for food isn't high, they would grow just as quickly as tiger trout or any other trout.
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