### trout:

Rainbow trout
* Most rainbow trouts have diets.
* Some rainbow trout eat so much they grow much faster than other trout in similar water.
* abound in many lakes and streams
  - two of the island s lakes
* are a popular game fish for fly fishers
  - target for fly fishers , and several angling methods are used
  - preferred species by pond owners in Western North Carolina
  - an essential commodity in Tennessee aquaculture
  - catch and release only
  - highly competetive and readily interbreed with cutthroat
  - large and abundant in the lake
  - much more abundant
* are native to the Pacific Coast region
  - coast and have been introduced widely to Wyoming
  - Santa Margarita River
  - often very colorful fish
  - part of rainbow trouts
  - present in several of the deep tributary lakes and below some of the dams
  - probably the most important sport trout in Minnesota
  - resident in the lake
  - streamlined, salmonid form fish
* are the game fish in Cartwright Lake
  - Silver Lake
* are the most common and hence most popular species of trout in Washington
  - trout in Arkansas and are found in all state trout waters
  - commonly caught fish
  - very popular among fishermen
  - western trout hearty, tenacious, elusive, and adaptable
* breed every three to five years.
* can be freshwater river trout or seagoing trout.
* eat many foods like crayfish and insects because they have such sharp teeth.
* exhibit growth.
* expose to alkaline water
* grow fast, get big, taste great and are fun to catch, because they jump like salmon.
  - vary diets
  - very small, fine scales on their torpedo-shaped body
* inhabit the open water habitat in streams more than the other trout species
  - stream as well as steelhead in fall and early spring
* is an exotic species in Newfoundland
  - caught in the rivers
  - found in most lakes, streams and rivers
* is the coastal form of the species
  - main stocked fish
* live in lake
  - the nearshore area of the lake
* lose their bright coloration and turn darker in farms.
* prefer clear, cool, high quality water.
* require an abundant supply of high quality cool water.
* show an exponential relationship between length and weight.
* sleeping disease virus is an atypical alphavirus.
* survive on insects, crustaceans, and small fish.

Sea trout
* are brown trout that go to sea to feed
  - trouts
  - fished for especially at night using wet flies
  - generally silvery and river trout olive-brown, both with spotted fins and sides
  - known by lots of different names
  - more commonly female in less nutrient-rich rivers
  - part of brown trouts
  - solitary hunters, preying on small fish and water creatures
* live in shoals when smolting and when feeding at sea.

Small trout
* continue to grow and are fed a commercially processed trout food.
* feed primarily on small crustaceans.

Trout fishing
* can be good in several lakes and streams, and the rivers.
* continues to improve as water temps warm.
* is almost nonexistent in some American states because of a foreign parasite
  - best in late fall, winter, and early to late spring
  - catch and release using artificial lures with barbless hooks
  - poor due to high, muddy water
  - popular in the summer months
  - slow due to varying water levels
* sport for everyone.

Wild trout
* are extremely wary and difficult to catch
  - solitary and alone
* swim in our streams.

Young trout
* are referred to as troutlet, troutling or fry.
* eat small items, such as plankton, crustaceans and insects.
* feed on insects and crustaceans
  - primarily on insect larvae

### trouts:

Cutthroat trout
* are present and tend to occupy slack-water pools with overhead cover
  - prey for larger fish as fry or fingerlings
  - resident in Lead Queen Lake and caught easily with fly or baited hook
  - visual predators
* grow to trophy size in some of the larger lakes.