Who here has been lucky enough to catch a ferox or even see one in the flesh?

There doesnt seem to be many pictures of these canabalistic beasts, if anyone has any, post them up


cheers

Bootsy

If you type in Ferox Trout into Google Images you will see several photos

http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl...=f&oq=&start=0

Hope this helps

C

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Canibalistic (sic) means eating its own kind. The ferox trout of glacial lakes evolved feeding on charr and whitefish 'locked in' after the last ice-age.

Plenty of photos in this book on the subject:

Yes but they do also eat their own kind, making them canabalistic.

You would not want any of them in your fishery.

Alan

bootsy, ferox feed mainly on char, if they ate themselves they wouldn't be there.

What like pike you mean,you will find that ferox trout do feed on smaller brown trout and yes larger ferox trout can eat smaller ferox to almost half their own size,as ephemerella pointed out Ron Greers book is an excellent place to learn about these magnificient creatures.

Ridiculous comment

So the ferox in lough melvin are feeding on char? eh no, feeding on trout mate!

If a ferox is defined as a trout that eats it's own kind then this one is a ferox! It had a half digested trout parr in it

how can you tell if a trout is a ferox by just looking at it? is there a distinction?