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Rainbow Trout

Rainbow Trout

About Rainbow Trout
The rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), belongs to the family of Salmonidae. These rainbow trout are native to tributaries of North America and the Pacific Ocean in Asia. There are several other fish in the Salmonidae family, which are called as trout. Rainbow trout are also known as redband trout. They are gorgeous fish with beautiful coloring patterns, which varies widely on habitat, age, and spawning conditions.

Rainbow Trout Characteristics
The rainbow trouts are torpedo-shaped fish and normally blue-green or yellow-green. They have a pink streak along their sides and white underbelly. There are small black spots on their back and fins. These fish grow generally up to a size of about 20 to 30 inches in length and weigh up to3.6 kilograms. Sometimes, they can grow up to 4 feet in length and weigh up to 24 kg.

Rainbow Trout Habitat
The rainbow trout like to live in cool, clear rivers, streams, and lakes. Some of them will leave their freshwater homes and move to a river from the sea. These trouts are migratory and known as steelhead, as they have more silvery markings. They spend several years in the ocean, but return to the stream of their birth in order to spawn.

Rainbow Trout Feeding
Rainbow trout are the predators that feed on varied diet. They will eat nearly anything they can grab. Rainbows are not quite as piscivorous or aggressive like the brown trout or lake trout (also known as char). These rainbow trouts survive on insects, fish eggs and smaller fish when these rainbows are young. Apart from this, they also feed on crayfish and other crustaceans.

Rainbow Trout Fishing
Rainbow Trout fishing is like a great sport that has captured the hearts of many people. Many people are getting attracted towards this fishing. This can be considered as one of the most popular types of fishing next to ice water fishing, trolling, spin fishing and bait fishing.

Rainbow Trout Fishing - Rainbow Trout Bait Tips
This fish has an ability to accelerate to around 23 mph in only one second. They acquire this speed right from their stand still position. It can be a real tough challenge catching these fish and especially, if you are dealing with the heavier ones.

Rainbow Trout Bait
One of the most remarkable facts about this rainbow fish trout is that these fishes are more difficult to catch whenever the sun is directly above the water. When the sun shines directly on the water surface these rainbow trout fish settle deep down in the waters where it is cooler and thus it becomes more difficult for one to catch it. Thus, trout bait can be used in order to attract these fish because these trout are very effective in deeper water. The rainbow trout can eat a wide variety of food. They like mostly the fresh aquatic plants, fish eggs, worms, insects, small fish and minnows and even birds and small mammals. Thus, rainbow trout fishing can be done using things that seems similar to salmon fish eggs or worms.

Rainbow Trout Recipes
Rainbow trout is popular dish and has tender flesh and a mild, somewhat nutty flavor. However, the trouts taken from certain lakes have an earthy flavor. Wild rainbow trouts which eat scuds (freshwater shrimp), insects such as flies, and crayfish are the most appealing.