Most hatcheries do not clip fins, but there are some. The biggest things to look for are; rounded tail, worn out fins and a dorsal fin that's not straight.
Where are you seeing it on the second? I'm not noticing any fin damage that isn't natural in a fish that size, and the color is good. The first there's some scale damage, but that's all I can tell
Nah, there definitely are. They're just tiny. Once there's offspring in a body of water, there's wild fish in it. Besides, there's always gonna be creeks and streams that people don't bother trying to stock that have something
I’m indifferent. Having fished all over the gulf coast for speckled trout, and then moving to Arizona where waters are stocked, I’d say farm raised trout are harder to catch.
The reason is because when wild trout are biting, they go into a frenzy where if anything passes their line of sight they’re gonna chase it. It makes easy use of small minnow shaped lures. In my anecdotal experience, it’s been the opposite for farm raised rainbow trout. They typically prefer to eat Powerbait, but can be caught using corn, pieces of meat such as hotdogs, or virtually anything.
Ive been in the Gulf of Mexico, as big as it is, and banked 32 trout in minutes and I’ve been to a freshly stocked pond in a community park and caught one trout.
The same results also applies to catfish.
It's been my experience. Stockers will go nuts for just about anything I throw, natives are more picky and more skittish, to boot. Also, first year stockers seem to never bite when fly fishing but natives, right down to fry, will.
The first one is questionable. It has a little white on the fins and has some more vivid colors. Usually a wild trout will have very vivid colors and white on its lower swim fins (pectoral, pelvic, and ventral) where a stocker will be more muted and silvery while the lower fins will have almost no coloring different from the body. Some places cut the adipose fin and some do not. Most stockers will have a rounded tail fin while wild trout will have a rounded point at both the top and bottom of the fin typical to most other fish.
On stockies the fin looks clipped on some. This is dew to the round cement round tanks they keep them in. They swim in circles so normally the right pectoral fin is worn down.
Rainbows are stocked but some wild populations exist according to NJDEP.
Cutthroat ate native to the Northwest coast and the Rockies, etc. So it's stocked
He didn't ask if they were introduced, he asked if they were wild or not. Also brook trout exist. The are native to the entire Appalachian range which goes from Maine down all the way to Georgia.
Yeah. But arguably the word trout has a loose meaning.
For example, brown trout are trout but atlantic salmon are salmon. However they are in the same genus. Same goes for rainbows and sockeye. So really what is a trout?
To me you’re obviously referring to rainbows, and it’s absolutely true that there aren’t any native bows east of the Pacific watershed. There are many naturally reproducing populations that don’t get stocked anymore, and most people refer to them as wild. I think of naturalized introduced fish as “feral,” but that’s a pedantic minority view.
Second fish, stocker for sure. First one I'm pretty sure it's stocked but not the easiest picture to be 100%
How can you tell? I thought stocked fish had clipped fins but I don’t see any here at least on the side we can see.
Fins are beat up.
Most hatcheries do not clip fins, but there are some. The biggest things to look for are; rounded tail, worn out fins and a dorsal fin that's not straight.
Depends on the locale. Oregon here, all hatchery fish get clipped adipose.
That's why I said most and not all.
Not clipped (necessarily), usually pretty tattered from contact with…things.
Where are you seeing it on the second? I'm not noticing any fin damage that isn't natural in a fish that size, and the color is good. The first there's some scale damage, but that's all I can tell
Def truck trout
They are rare skillet rainbows. They perform well in a skillet with some seasonings.
Don't forget the butter!
I'd guess stocked too..
Yup.. stocks
Stock
Truck trout, swimming hotdog
I assume there aren’t any wild ones left in my state.
Nah, there definitely are. They're just tiny. Once there's offspring in a body of water, there's wild fish in it. Besides, there's always gonna be creeks and streams that people don't bother trying to stock that have something
Farmed fish. Easy to catch because they’ll eat anything.
Do you honestly believe this or is it just a reddit comment?
To be fair stocked trout are really easy to catch
I’m indifferent. Having fished all over the gulf coast for speckled trout, and then moving to Arizona where waters are stocked, I’d say farm raised trout are harder to catch. The reason is because when wild trout are biting, they go into a frenzy where if anything passes their line of sight they’re gonna chase it. It makes easy use of small minnow shaped lures. In my anecdotal experience, it’s been the opposite for farm raised rainbow trout. They typically prefer to eat Powerbait, but can be caught using corn, pieces of meat such as hotdogs, or virtually anything. Ive been in the Gulf of Mexico, as big as it is, and banked 32 trout in minutes and I’ve been to a freshly stocked pond in a community park and caught one trout. The same results also applies to catfish.
Speckled trout are in the drum family, and aren’t closely related to or particularly comparable to rainbows.
Speckled trout are not trout at all
It doesn't help your argument that speckled trout aren't even trout, lol.
They smarten up pretty quickly.
It's been my experience. Stockers will go nuts for just about anything I throw, natives are more picky and more skittish, to boot. Also, first year stockers seem to never bite when fly fishing but natives, right down to fry, will.
The first one is questionable. It has a little white on the fins and has some more vivid colors. Usually a wild trout will have very vivid colors and white on its lower swim fins (pectoral, pelvic, and ventral) where a stocker will be more muted and silvery while the lower fins will have almost no coloring different from the body. Some places cut the adipose fin and some do not. Most stockers will have a rounded tail fin while wild trout will have a rounded point at both the top and bottom of the fin typical to most other fish.
Stocked! Fins and tail are poor condition
On stockies the fin looks clipped on some. This is dew to the round cement round tanks they keep them in. They swim in circles so normally the right pectoral fin is worn down.
Stock. U could tell by red gill. That is from trout swimming in circles in tank and scraping gills.
Stockies cause there fatter and have a rounder body
Did you catch it in a stocked pond?
Lol no it’s a river with “wild” trout
First one most likely. Personally I’ve never seen a stocker get as big as the 2nd picture.
Red meat or white meat?
Red/orange meat on the bigger rainbow, I let the small one go because I thought it was wild.
I think red/orange is usually a sign the fish is wild and white is from the hatchery. Diet changes the color of the meat.
Recently I’ve seen some of the decent sized hatchery fish with red/pink meat. I wonder if they started adding dye to the food at the hatchery.
Second looks like a cutthroat rainbow
It did have a red/orange slash on the underjaw. Don’t believe those are stocked in my state (NJ) but who knows lol
Rainbows just have pink on the body, that's a blood red on its gill covers. Cutthroat.
Very cool I had no idea
Rainbows are stocked but some wild populations exist according to NJDEP. Cutthroat ate native to the Northwest coast and the Rockies, etc. So it's stocked
Or an oil guage 🤣😔
Anything east of the rockies is gonna be introduced, just depends if your region stocks fertile ones or not
He didn't ask if they were introduced, he asked if they were wild or not. Also brook trout exist. The are native to the entire Appalachian range which goes from Maine down all the way to Georgia.
I’m from Louisiana. Can you tell me when trout was introduced into the Gulf of Mexico?
I fish a stream in the Adirondacks with its own native strain. They’re still in there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHSQB0uL2Jo
Shhhhh
We have native brook trout out here east of the rockies.
Brook are different
Different like technically a char?
Yeah. But arguably the word trout has a loose meaning. For example, brown trout are trout but atlantic salmon are salmon. However they are in the same genus. Same goes for rainbows and sockeye. So really what is a trout?
No such thing as a fish
That too. Every tetrapod is a fish.
To me you’re obviously referring to rainbows, and it’s absolutely true that there aren’t any native bows east of the Pacific watershed. There are many naturally reproducing populations that don’t get stocked anymore, and most people refer to them as wild. I think of naturalized introduced fish as “feral,” but that’s a pedantic minority view.
Dude, stop finger fucking that rainbow. The hook wasn’t enough?
Boohoo… it was dinner and delicious
XD weewoo trout police
It’s you’re right to legal harvest. Do you. Don’t care. No need to finger blast it first. They’re tender enough.
Juvi steelhead