So is that some sort of hybrid, or are these stocked or some exotic species of trout? I've never seen or heard of them before?
Welcome huntercooper!
It's a hybrid, cross between a brown trout and brook trout and quite rare. Even more rare to get more then one in the same day, let alone get one for an entire fishing season. It's also like the tiger muskie (musky and northern pike) and many other types of cross breeds. I can't remember if they are naturally produced this way, but I think it's more of hatchery raised thing.
Good job D.A.
I didn't mean that the DNR was doing the cross breed, but that occurrence of a accidental cross breeding would more likely happen at the hatchery, then stocked into the streams. Just think that it wouldn't occur in the stream itself, not to say it can't, but highly unlikely. Either way it's a rare catch.
