The Brook Trout and Coaster information gathered here at Brook Trout Heaven, focus on Northwestern Ontario fly fishing and sport fishing in Lake Nipigon, Lake Superior and it's tributaries.
(all Brook Trout posted on this site were released)
Brook Trout Studies of South Bay 1997-2003
Summary: The graphs below show there was a shift to younger fish on the spawning beds. The mean age of 4.1 years in 1997 has shifted to 2.5 years in 2003. This is a classic sign of over harvesting & why the regs had to be changed to a 22" catch minimum in 2005. Go to the current catch charts to see the positive results.
Age and Size structure data indicated classic over harvesting
Declining Populations
