Ever seen a Quebec Red Trout?

Maple · **Posted:** Tue May 08, 2012 3:20 pm

The guys on the Fish-Hawk forum here in Ottawa have been ribbing me about my obsession with Quebec Red Trout.
They are landlocked arctic char that occur occasionally in Quebec, as well as NB and Nfld. Last week I made a trip into the high country and came up with these beauties. A lot of guys mistakenly call any brook trout caught in Quebec a Quebec red. I'm quite pleased with these.

steve-hamilton · **Joined:** Fri Apr 25, 2003 7:40 am **Posts:** 1776

can you comment on what makes these a "quebec red" instead of a brook trout? I'm still trying to learn the difference myself. :lol:

beautiful fish!

apmikel · **Joined:** Tue Mar 29, 2011 5:07 pm **Posts:** 232

Forked tail. Looks like a laker

littledog · **Posted:** Tue May 08, 2012 4:35 pm

I agree about the forked tail, Brookies have square tails.....and blue spots which these fish seem to lack.....nice catch

steve-hamilton · **Joined:** Fri Apr 25, 2003 7:40 am **Posts:** 1776

ahhh, the tail.

I only thought of brownies with the square tail!

that makes sense!

nice simple identification feature! thanks guys.

Maple · **Posted:** Tue May 08, 2012 4:43 pm

Sure Steve,

I made the last one real big so you can see real good.

matdbz29 · **Joined:** Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:51 am **Posts:** 649

http://forums.oodmag.com/showthread.php?t=32876

I have a camp up in Quebec . Try an spend a bit of time chasing reds up there every year. I posted a link to last years trip. The fish we get are red like a coke can!

steve-hamilton · **Joined:** Fri Apr 25, 2003 7:40 am **Posts:** 1776

maple, that is a great identification tool!

those must be some really rare fish! amazing bud!

BigGene · **Posted:** Tue May 08, 2012 7:29 pm

Nice Maple, a great trip for sure!

The Eye Dr. · **Posted:** Wed May 09, 2012 1:15 am

Nice looking fish Maple, I think I could eat them!

-Dave- · **Posted:** Wed May 09, 2012 5:05 pm

its just another name for an arctic charr isnt it

cantcatchacold · **Posted:** Wed May 09, 2012 6:57 pm

I had a dream trip to Labrador with laroche outfitters and was in heaven fishing for them. Now I need an aurora next fall and I'm retiring my fly rod.

Maple · **Posted:** Thu May 10, 2012 10:01 am

Dave, since you asked :wink:

There are three subspecies of arctic char:

1. Salvelinus alpinus ssp. erythrinus, which is the typical anadromous arctic char of Canada's north.

2. S. alpinus ssp. taranetzi, a dwarf form found in the Alaska/ Kanai region.

3. S. alpinus ssp. oquassa, the landlocked char found in Que/NB/NFLD/Maine and NH. It is this fish that is traditionally known as Quebec red trout in Quebec, and blueback or Sunapee trout in the NE. USA.

A lot of guys mistakenly call any brook trout caught in Quebec a red trout. Too bad. It took me years of searching to finally catch these real Quebec reds.

- Info from J.R. Tomelleri, 2002, Trout and Salmon of North America.

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