BROOK TROUT (Salvelinus Fontinalis)

Fishing season: November through March

The Brook Trout is very beautiful and voracious, and it changes its color according to the food it eats. It is greenish brown, sometimes iridescent, with light and red spots on its loins and the upper part of the head. The abdomen is pale pink. Due to the pink color of its flesh, it is called salmon-like trout, or salmon.

Since it prefers colder waters rich in oxygen, its distribution is restricted with respect to the other types of trout, being better represented to the west of the province of Neuquén in mountainous environments. As regards size, it is the smallest of the Salmonidae in Neuquén, and only occasionally surpasses 4 kg. in lake environments.