Brookie Fever in January

With the toasty weather in the upper 40s I left work early last Monday and headed down to southeast MN with Tommy. A long drive but it was worth getting back to a new favorite brook trout stream I discovered this summer. As it turns out, brook trout streams are getting harder to come by these days. I understand in recent years any water connected to brown trout gets taken over. Luckily this one is somewhat isolated. This is in fact the only solid brook trout stream I know of listed in the Minnesota winter streams. Brook trout have a special place in my heart. Their colors are a true delight compared to browns and I also love the fact that they are always anxious to chomp on a worm - any time of day, and almost any time of year. I don't have that much experience with bait fishing in the winter. Yesterday was an example of pure success. Small but beautiful and worth the drive in my opinion.

what is the record for brook trout ninja. i had know idea they got that big. i thought if you got around 20in that was amazing. nice fish either way. fish of a life time. i would love to see a pic of that brook.

Brookies are very beautiful, my grandpa and uncle were fishing on the Menominee River near the mouth in 25ft when they started marking fish halfway down. My grandpa caught a 27" 7# Brookie, he took a picture and wrote down all the measurments to get a replica made. He had to get the replica made in Canada because he could not find anyone in the states that had a 27" form for Brookies. It hangs on my Grandpa's wall right next to his 35" 22# German Brown, I love Lake MI its home to some world class fishing!