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Dark trout?
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 8:04 pm
by Reeltight
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?
Re: Dark trout?
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2018 6:10 am
by MR.MCR
Was he caught on the other side of the tracks ??
Re: Dark trout?
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2018 9:08 am
by BiggerThomas
Looks like a juvenile rainbow. I've seen a few like that before. Nice catch.
Re: Dark trout?
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2018 12:27 pm
by lightenup
That is definitely a recently stocked trout... look at the mangled fins...
Re: Dark trout?
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2018 2:41 pm
by Twism86
He just hid in a car corner his whole life.....
But actually trout that live in darker environments will get darker coloration over time.
Re: Dark trout?
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2018 2:56 pm
by Rusty Spinner
I've seen Pequest bows much darker than even that. It's just normal color variation.
Re: Dark trout?
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2018 4:13 pm
by Reeltight
Rusty Spinner wrote: ↑Thu Apr 26, 2018 2:56 pm
I've seen Pequest bows much darker than even that. It's just normal color variation.
Thanks for the info. I just thought it was strange that this one fish was so much darker than all the others.
Re: Dark trout?
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 9:05 am
by troutfishing4life
Stocked trout on friday and some were really dark and some were super orange