Brook Trout Art Contest

The North Hastings Community Fish Hatchery is sponsoring its second contest among our local artists. This year it’s for a picture of a Brook Trout.  This is the first year that the Hatchery is raising the brook trout fry for release into local lakes.  The winning painting will be hung in the Hatchery and prints will be made and used for gifts to major sponsors and will be available for the 2012 auction for purchase.

Value of prize: $500.00

Topic: Brook Trout (one or more fish) showing some habitat.

Due Date of art work: November 1^st, 2011. The volunteers/visitors’ favourite picture will be announced December 1^st , 2011 and the prizes awarded.

Size of work: 18”x24”

Medium: Artist’s choice

Reproduction: The artist will deliver the original work plus an electronic version suitable for reproduction.

Right of reproduction: The Hatchery will own the original art and make giclee reproductions of the work for gifts to major donors and for other purposes as required by the Hatchery. The artist is free to make limited prints with the permission of the Hatchery.

Hatchery Location: Hatchery at 140 Hysert Road, R.R. #4 Bancroft. The Hatchery is located 6kms from Bancroft on Hwy 28East. Please telephone 613-332-4084 (Mary) prior to delivery of the painting to make certain that someone will be available to accept your work.

Habitat for these brook trout:

Spring – after ice out - close to the surface of the lake after insect hatch – may jump out of the water to catch the insects. This is the time of year that fly fishermen dream about in the winter.

Summer – will spend the summer in deep, cool water (over 20 feet) and feed on bottom aquatic insects and smaller fish.

Fall – on spawning shoals – shallow gravel beds where the males and females are easily visible from the shoreline.

 
Please attach a note to the picture filled in with:

Name of art work _________________________________________

Your name (please print) ___________________________________

Telephone Number (____)-(____)-(____________)

Mailing address ______________________________________________________________

These pictures of trophy mounts of brook trout were caught by Dennis Le Feuvre in Northern Quebec weighing in between 6 to 8 lbs. Our local brook trout look the same but are much smaller, about 1 to 4 lbs.

A sample of one of our local trout caught by Lynn Newman is on our home page.