Dark trout?
Dark trout?
Caught this guy along with a about a dozen other ones this morning on a small stream. He is much darker than all the trout that I’ve caught since opening day. Is he a fish that was stocked in the fall? Or just one that happens to be darker than the others that have been getting stocked lately?
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Re: Dark trout?
Was he caught on the other side of the tracks ??
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Re: Dark trout?
Looks like a juvenile rainbow. I've seen a few like that before. Nice catch.
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Re: Dark trout?
That is definitely a recently stocked trout... look at the mangled fins...
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He just hid in a car corner his whole life.....
But actually trout that live in darker environments will get darker coloration over time.
But actually trout that live in darker environments will get darker coloration over time.
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Re: Dark trout?
I've seen Pequest bows much darker than even that. It's just normal color variation.
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Thanks for the info. I just thought it was strange that this one fish was so much darker than all the others.Rusty Spinner wrote: ↑Thu Apr 26, 2018 2:56 pmI've seen Pequest bows much darker than even that. It's just normal color variation.
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Re: Dark trout?
Stocked trout on friday and some were really dark and some were super orange