How Many Types of Trout in this Photo ?

[2sheds]

Caught these last week at RRSP.

The bottom one is definitely a rainbow.  What about the other two ?

[nomolites]

Look like rainbows to me.

Mike

[jdmidwest]

Stocker rainbows that just left the runways.

[Gavin]

Mutt rainbows drug around for awhile. Cut the gills and bleed them immediately and the eat better. 

[tjm]

One kind of fish.

On trout I just snap the throat latch, break the neck and finger rip the gills out; but if the trout (or any fish) aren't  bled out promptly they build up chemicals (lactic acid?) from stress that cause bad flavors in the meat. The longer the "fight and the longer on a stringer or in a basket the worse the fish will taste.  Actually true of all animals I guess, we used to stick the hogs with a long knife so they bled bled out and in killing chickens bleeding is important, hence decapitation. It helps fish taste  taste better if you get them iced as soon as they are bled.

[BilletHead]

8 hours ago, tjm said:

One kind of fish.

On trout I just snap the throat latch, break the neck and finger rip the gills out; but if the trout (or any fish) aren't  bled out promptly they build up chemicals (lactic acid?) from stress that cause bad flavors in the meat. The longer the "fight and the longer on a stringer or in a basket the worse the fish will taste.  Actually true of all animals I guess, we used to stick the hogs with a long knife so they bled bled out and in killing chickens bleeding is important, hence decapitation. It helps fish taste  taste better if you get them iced as soon as they are bled.

  Exactly what we try to do, very well said for those who don't know. 

[netboy]

I would say the one on top and the one on the bottom are both female rainbows. The one in the middle is a male rainbow.

[motroutbum]

That is just a genetic variation between Rainbow trout.

[trythisonemv]

That one has some cutthroat in it. In the middle but still mostly rainbow. Lots of genetic variation anymore due to floods and hatcheries taking what they can get. Neosho puts out silvery slimmer fish where as Bennett and Shepard put out prettier fish. Just a hodge podge of genetics anymore

[BilletHead]

2 hours ago, trythisonemv said:

 Just a hodge podge of genetics anymore

                    Bingo!