Splake
Splake are a genetically created species by cross breeding between a lake trout and a brook trout, so this gives it some of the same physical appearances of both of it's parents. Splake live just fine in any lakes, streams and other bodies of water where trout can survive.
Keep in mind when fishing for them, that Splake tend to be a lazy type of trout, in that, they don't tend to move around as much as other trout do when foraging for food. Splake often head to the areas of current flow, or where streams enter into the lakes or whatever body of water they inhabit, and they will lie almost on the bottom, waiting for food to swim or drift towards them, moving very little.
Some of the food that they seem to enjoy eating is; red wigglers, minnows, nightcrawlers, crayfish, mealworms, waxworms and insects. When fishing for them during the non-winter months, use a fishing pole and your favorite wet flies, streamers, or other such lures that will sink deep into the water, or the lure will simply pass far overhead the Splake, which will tend to not even head towards it.
In the winter months, Splake can be caught by ice fishing for them. Some popular methods is to use a jigging rod with a jig that is baited with a live minnow, or even a worm, allow enough line for the jig to hit bottom, then jig it occasionally bouncing it off the bottom, to attract any Splake that are nearby. When using a tip-up lot's of anglers bait it with a cluster of small red wiggler worms to entice the Splake into biting.
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