Photos courtesy of IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME
A native of the high Sierras, golden trout have been stocked in many Western high mountain lakes. The golden trout was once thought to be a subspecies of the rainbow trout. Recently however it has been named an independent species rather than a subspecies.
March 11, 2018
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March 11, 2018 midnight
There's gold up in them hills
By RALPH BARTHOLDT