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trout question
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[cool][#0000ff]Ditto to what PBH answered. But, he did not address the fin issue. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Rainbows planted in larger sizes, from hatcheries, often have fins rubbed off from living in concrete raceways. It takes time for the fins to regenerate...if ever. Some former hatchery fish grow to be quite large, and develop pink meat from a natural diet, without ever getting pretty fins again. I have seen some pretty large rainbows, with natural coloring and ugly fins.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Almost all small rainbows, fresh out of the hatchery, will have pale flesh. Some still have intact fins. But, once the trout begin to fatten up on zooplankton and aquatic insects they get firmer and pinker flesh. Most folks who keep and eat trout share the opinion that the pink fleshed trout are better eating.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If you have caught trout from Yuba, or other waters where they are spawning around the edges of the lake, you are likely to find larger fish with pale flesh. They can turn from pink flesh to white flesh during the spawn, when their bodies take nutrients from their flesh to produce eggs and milt. Again, they are not prime eating during the spawn.[/#0000ff]
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trout question - by kd... - 04-24-2007, 03:14 PM
Re: [kd...] trout question - by PBH - 04-24-2007, 03:48 PM
Re: [kd...] trout question - by TubeDude - 04-24-2007, 04:53 PM
Re: [kd...] trout question - by Marshall_Law - 04-24-2007, 05:34 PM
Re: [kd...] trout question - by HookJaw_Brimhall - 04-24-2007, 05:59 PM

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