STRANGE LOOKING TROUT
Feb 3, 2021 16:07:09 #
Feb 3, 2021 16:11:22 #
apostrophehook
Loc: grand mesa
Tail rot or whirling disease. I don't eat um. My wife says aposte you'll eat anything.
Feb 5, 2021 05:11:47 #
lionel427
Loc: Hemet, California
They are called lightning trout here a link to Diamond valley lake stocking them. https://dvmarina.com/january-5th-2021-lightning-and-rainbow-trout-stocking/
Feb 5, 2021 07:19:22 #
And here I thought I have a new kind of trout and you guys have been catching them for years. Not as pretty as Calif. Golden Trout but close.
Feb 5, 2021 13:18:12 #
Elefantdude
Loc: Oxnard, CA
ranger632 wrote:
Went fishing at Lake McSwain Ca. today fishing really slow guy next to me caught this strange color rainbow trout. No its not a Golden Trout, red and orange anyone ever seen this before?
Here in NorCal, we call them Lightning Trout. Or if you catch them at Lake Amador, some anglers call them AmaGold for short :-) They are good eating, similar to the Mt Lassen Trout they breed and stock up here. Pink meat, almost like salmon. Much better tasting than regular rainbow trout :-)
Feb 6, 2021 09:12:15 #
Elefantdude wrote:
Here in NorCal, we call them Lightning Trout. Or if you catch them at Lake Amador, some anglers call them AmaGold for short :-) They are good eating, similar to the Mt Lassen Trout they breed and stock up here. Pink meat, almost like salmon. Much better tasting than regular rainbow trout :-)
They are good eating caught one at McSwain yesterday
Feb 6, 2021 10:18:26 #
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Feb 6, 2021 22:25:02 #
Raleigh
Loc: California
Yep they call them Lightning trout, Pardee, Comanche and a few other lakes in Nor-cal have them. I dont think DFG raises them I know the Private Hatcheries that plant trout in some of the California Private lakes raise them and plant them with traditional colored rainbows. I have caught several outside of the color they are just another rainbow trout but orange in color, taste the same meat is the same. Nice fish!
Feb 6, 2021 23:08:53 #
It may have started as a mutation, but in California, they are raised and planted here. In So Cal many lakes now plant them usually as part of a mixed rainbow/lighting trout -25% stocking. Fishermen covet them and they seem to taste better than regular rainbows imo. Their meat is pinkish too and they fight well and will jump.
Feb 7, 2021 05:13:34 #
Doug-1
Loc: Tooele,UT
That is an albino trout. They are fairly common in Mirror Lake in the Uinta mountains here in Utah. Love to watch the eagles try to take them. Good eating pink to red flesh. Yummy with a side of home fries by the campfire in the evening
Feb 7, 2021 11:43:18 #
Feb 7, 2021 23:03:21 #
Go to Lakeamador.com and look at their video’s. They plant these regularly. I caught a 2 pounder a couple years ago !
Feb 9, 2021 15:48:35 #
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