Troutfish

[DarkShadow]

Never seen one with this coloration before.

[Hog Caller]

That is an awesome looking fish DS. Nice catch!

Brent

[Nessie Hunter]

Shallow end of the Gene pool...
Its a Golden/Brown/Rainbow..
Stop fishing in the Nuc Plant runoff....... :)



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[City Dad]

Obviously a walleye/Atlantic salmon hybrid...

I caught one a while back up in the John Muir Wilderness.


Great catch by the way. Is that snow or did your cooler tip over?

[DarkShadow]

Obviously a walleye/Atlantic salmon hybrid...

I caught one a while back up in the John Muir Wilderness.

Great catch by the way. Is that snow or did your cooler tip over?

I thought that fish had some squawtrout in him. And yes, that's not snow, that's my cooler tipping over. Gotta keep the Blue Moon and Powerbait™ cold somehow.

[Lady Quagga]

I thought that fish had some squawtrout in him. And yes, that's not snow, that's my cooler tipping over. Gotta keep the Blue Moon and Powerbait™ cold somehow.

Dammit DS, how far north do I have to move to get away from riff-raff like you?

It's only a matter of time now before the boating anglers start complaining about their RIGHT to launch in those creeks....

[Skyler]

I catch a lot of those brown/gold specimens in SBNF. Certain streams with brown/golden rock bottoms seem to produce them. Probably a camouflage adaptation.

[DarkShadow]

Dammit DS, how far north do I have to move to get away from riff-raff like you?

Alaska. But don't worry, there are still places apparently where yellow snow doesn't greet you along the stream, and empty cans of Coors Light aren't strewn around. You just have to lace up your hiking shoes, or in your case, your high heeled snow boots.

I catch a lot of those brown/gold specimens in SBNF. Certain streams with brown/golden rock bottoms seem to produce them. Probably a camouflage adaptation.

You're definitely on point with that. People used to tell me that a rainbow's diet would cause color changes, but that didn't quite make sense as I've caught fish in the same area that were completely different in coloration.

[teejay]

That's a spectacular fish D.S.! Just about every type of trout were planted in the so.cal mountains at one time; so that mix of genes along with local adaptation makes for some interesting wild fish. Gotta love that hybrid vigor.

[City Dad]

I have read in a few places that there is a sub-species known as the Kern River Rainbow. It's description appears to fit your troutfish, DS. I agree with teejay - the breadth of the gene pool in trout species makes for very interesting angling.

Fly on, you crazy diamond.