Trout Fishing Tips

This is more of an aside article rather than some trout fishing tips, but I find it interesting to know about all the different trout species there are.

The two species most people are familiar with are the rainbow trout and brown trout. In Britain the native trout that occur naturally in rivers and lakes. Their colour ranges depending on the environment they live in and can range in colour from brown to almost black.

Usually brown trout in rivers will be small in size due to the large amount of energy they use just to swim against the current. Brown trout holding in rivers will usually occupy certain areas where the food occurs naturally in the water for example under trees and clumps of weeds. However in lakes there are fewer areas where food accumulates naturally and so the trout will have to travel more widely.

Sea trout are brown trout that have chosen to leave their river and have gone out to sea. They will be bright silver in colour and return to the river to breed. At sea the trout can have a very rich diet, feeding off small fish, herring and eels. Due to this rich diet the trout can gain size rapidly and can reach quite big sizes. One interesting fact is that the sea trout commonly returns to the same river it was born in.

Finally there is the rainbow trout which is the most common trout to be stocked at commercial fisheries. These fish have been raised in artificial conditions being feed pellets. They will be held until they are of suitable size to be sold to the fisheries for fisherman to catch. Usually this size is between 1.5 and 5 lbs. Rainbow trout are unlike others in the fact that they will not stay in the one place for food. They will travel long distances searching for food.