Rainbow trout

Rainbow trout, also called red band trout are beautiful fish. There coloring depends on habitat, age, and spawning conditions. The colors of the fish are generally blue-green or yellow-green with a pink strip on their sides. Rainbow trout are members of the salmon family, and can grow pretty large. These fish prefer to live in cool, clear rivers, streams, and lakes, though some will follow a river out in to the ocean. Rainbow trout  survive on insects, crustaceans, and small fish. When my family and I went fishing at a river in Sequim we caught some Rainbow trout!

 Did you know that Whirling disease causes Rainbow trout to chases their tails before dying.