Joe’s Valley is a perfect example of that. There are some monster Albinos in there and they are very hard to catch. I was there once as a kid and watched a 10+ pound Albino swim right by me in about 5 feet of water. I just about shat myself!
There are some pictures of monster albinos in the marina at Joe’s Valley. Most of them were caught jigging underneath the wakeless speed bouys in very deep water. They have adapted very well there.
What I’m saying is we ate 3 regular rainbow trouts with the lightning trout, and the lightning trout tasted significantly different from the regular rainbow trouts. While the regular rainbow trouts tasted similar to one another, the lightning trout tasted much more like salmon. That’s what I mean by tasting different and I guarantee you it will not take a trained tester to know the difference in taste between those two.
I don’t dispute your taste buds. I know how those Santa Ana Lakes work though. They buy fish from different hatcheries to stock their lakes. The rainbows and the lightning trout most likely came from different hatcheries and had been fed differently. That can account for a big difference in the taste and texture of the flesh.
I still say that if those fish had lived in the same lake together, for several months, eating the same food, they would probably be a lot closer to tasting the same.
Oh ok… yeah I think you’re right about that one.
I’ll say one thing though..those lightning trouts are delicious 