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I have pseudo set a goal of trout in every state. I say pseudo because I have not done research to confirm trout are available is every state. Here I will keep track of states and locations. Overall my goal is the get a native/self supporting as possible although that may not be possible. In cases where Trout is not possible, I will likely defer to state specific native species. 

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona-Rainbow-Wildcat crossing(Black River), Brown-Little Colorado upstream of Greer, Gila-Dude Creek, Apache-West Fork of Black River(Thompson Meadows), Brook-Hall Creek, Artic Gralying-Acker Lake, Apache-Acker Lake, Cutthroat-Luna Lake, Rainbow Luna Lake, 
Arkansas-Rainbow/Browns-Beaver Dam Tailwater, NF tailwater, BS Tailwater+Brook
California-Eagle Lake Rainbow-Crater Lake, Goose Lake Redband-Lassen Creek, McCloud Redband-McCloud above Falls. 
Colorado-Greenback Cutt-Herman Gulch, Rainbow/Brown-Big Thompson, Colorado Cutthroat-Mohawk Lakes
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho-Redband-Mores Creek above Idaho City
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas-MLWA Trout pit #30
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri-Rainbow/Brown-Taneycomo, Roaring River- All rivers of Blue Ribbon trout slam
Montana-Brook and Westslope-Big Bear Lake, Maney Lake
Nebraska-Brown- Middle Fork Soldier Creek, Brook-Wood Reserve Trout Pond, Cutthroat-Wood Reserve Pond, Rainbow-Grabel Ponds
Nevada-Lahontan Cutthroat-Pyramid Lake, Gance Creek
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico- Brook-Cabresto Lake, Gila-Mineral Creek, Rio Cutthroat-San Cristobal Creek, Brown/Rainbow-San Juan
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon-Bull Trout-Metolius/Wenaha, Redband-Crooked River
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas-Rainbow- Guadalupe River
Utah-Entire Cuttslam+Tiger Trout+Brook trout, North Fork Ogden, Upper Bear River, East Fork Blacks Fork, Upper Provo
Vermont
Virginia
Washington-Coastal Cutthroat-Deschutes River
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming-Entire Cuttslam + Lake Trout, La Barge Creek, Salt Creek, Snake River, Soda Butte Creek, Lamar River
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@Devan S. good luck on this goal.

 

I currently have kept track of the states where I have caught trout. I haven't tried to go as native as possible like you intend to do. So some of mine are currently stockers. I am up to 11 states with catches of salmonid trout. When I looked a few years ago thinking about a similar goal, there wasn't one spot in FL that had freshwater trout, but the link TJM provided indicates a stocked pond. That is when I decided to try for and have tracked three more states where I have caught sea "trout" aka weakfish and speckled seatrout.

I know that I have caught streambred/wild rainbows in Missouri - (all blue ribbon streams), brook trout in Maryland and Wyoming, Dolly varden in Alaska, and brown trout in PA.

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    They say the cockroach will be the only survivor when crap hits the fan someday. Sounds like the rainbow trout will be right along side that roach 😀🪳.

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The cockroach is natural, where the rainbow trout is said to be entirely synthetic.

I am surprised that so many states have stocked them though, I would have guessed 35-40 states at most.

 

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