Saw a BEEEEEEEAUTIFUL fish in a stream the other day

[wyldkat49766]

One of the unmentionable small streams up here by Alpena. It startled me when I was down at the river edge behind my aunt's house. I thought it was like an otter or something that jumped in the water since its rather shallow and I saw just the top of it. Well that was until I looked again and saw a fin. OMG it was huge. Around 18-24 inches long and it looked like it had colors like cheetah spots. Now from looking at the dnr site it almost looked like a brook trout or even a brown trout. This is a 'designated trout' stream but I had never seen a fish like that in person let alone in the water. I gotta tell you it was sooooooooo pretty.

[UltimateOutdoorsman]

Tiger trout maybe? They're a cross between a brook and a brown. They've got stripes like a tiger. Thus the name.

[Falesy]

Could have just been a King, they look kinda cheetah like when they turn greenish, the stage before black, which is the stage before white!

[basskiller46]

Pike:D

[jellybread]

There are lots of brown trout in that area. Did it happen to look like this (http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j298/rootbeerfizz/eastlake-brown-big.jpg)?

[wyldkat49766]

Pike:D
Smart@$$

There are lots of brown trout in that area. Did it happen to look like this (http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j298/rootbeerfizz/eastlake-brown-big.jpg)?

I want to say yes but I only saw it for a few seconds up close and my adrenaline was pumping....lol