weekend on the south yuba!!! pics

[sierra_flyfisher23]

Had a slow start in the morning but by late afternoon there was an amazing caddis hatch! and had about 15 hook ups but unfortunately i only landed 5.. also took time to dive some nice pools with a mask on and saw a beautiful underwater landscape.. once evening came me and the boys started a nice fire and fried our catch up. Can any yuba vetrans help me out with the reason why the two trout at the bottom are so different in color from the rainbows at the top.. all from the south yuba.


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[Jake O]

The trout in the bottom pics look different because they were taken out of the water and laid on a rock. The trout in the frying pan looks different color because it was fried in hot oil.

In all seriousness i do know that fish who hang out it different areas of the water column develop different coloration to help them camoflouge better to their surroundings to avoid predators. More sun light up top, less at the bottom, so typically darker fish on the bottom. Not sure this applies to trout in streams as i would imagine they move around from top to bottom alot.

[Ralph]

Top two fish are rainbows. The third fish is a brown. The first fish in the pan is a golden brown. The second fish in the pan is a char. The last two fish are sushi. Got wasabi?

[WinterrunRon]

Umm, was there anything else on the menu? Hope so, therwise I'm going to have to report you to CPS for knowingly starving minor children. ;)

[wineslob]

The darker fish might be in less light. There's a ditch I fish once a year filled with Browns. The ones that come out of the "exposed" areas of the ditch are bright yellow/gold, while the ones that live in the tunnels are almost black.

[SHigSpeed]

Top two fish are rainbows. The third fish is a brown. The first fish in the pan is a golden brown. The second fish in the pan is a char. The last two fish are sushi. Got wasabi?
Too damn funny! Though that third fish looks more like a brookie.

_SHig

[Ralph]

Both brookies and browns have dark spots inside of lighter halos so you might be right, but brook trout always have white leading edges on their pectoral and ventral fins. I couldn't see that on this guy.

[sierra_flyfisher23]

well there all rainbows except for the one flopping that was a brown.. i was talking more about the the enlarged dark pupil.. and i caught two others with pupils similar.

[sierra_flyfisher23]

The trout in the bottom pics look different because they were taken out of the water and laid on a rock. The trout in the frying pan looks different color because it was fried in hot oil.

In all seriousness i do know that fish who hang out it different areas of the water column develop different coloration to help them camoflouge better to their surroundings to avoid predators. More sun light up top, less at the bottom, so typically darker fish on the bottom. Not sure this applies to trout in streams as i would imagine they move around from top to bottom alot.

thanks. Like i realize there rainbows and the one flopping is a brown.. i know the species, but its the eyes of the rainbow in the bottom picture.. Me and my friends caught other rainbows with the enlarged pupil like the one picture... ill post more pictures next weekend when i go back to my property.. thank god school just ended lol thanks for the help though.

[jbird]

That is interesting about the pupil on the top fish in the last pic. I think its a deformity. Trouts eyes always look diferent dead than alive (pupil levels out).

younger trout tend to have the varient patterns like you see in the first pics. As they mature, they lose that and look more like the fish in the last pic. Similar to a mountain lion cub or a deer fawn. they lose the adolescent "camo" as they mature.

[baldeagleflyfishing]

Top 2 still have par spots ie young trout, bottom 2 just lost par spots and 3rd one is a small brown as you know