anyone keep any rainbow trout? i just wound up with 15-20 babies that my kids and there friends caught so i put them in an isolated section of one of my ponds. 3/4" - 1 1/2" they caught them in a trout stream and there werent any fish besides the rainbow trout in the stream so im 99% sure there trout fry.
rainbow trout
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Sorry but its best just to let them go,your gona need chillers and as bigg tank and the water has to be clean and crisp
there in a 2000 gallon pond in a fast moving stream like section and currently about 66 degrees, and now that ive done some research, i dont believe that they are rainbow's maybe there are other trout in the stream that they are? but i was just reading that the rainbows in iowa DO NOT spawn in the wild there all hatchery raised and released.
fish are too small there all hiding but i have plenty of the pond.
the section there in is flowing 1800gph and is a little over 100 gallons. here is pic.
this is what there section falls down to
the section there in is flowing 1800gph and is a little over 100 gallons. here is pic.
this is what there section falls down to
Cool pics, I have often thought about the possiblity of keeping brook trout. If your pond stays fairly cool they might have a chance. Keep us in the loop I would like to know how this goes.
