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[legend]

Has anyone ever caught a Rainbow that's meat was white in color . Caught one out of allouette lake canada day weekend 2 1/2 lbs cleaned it and noticed the meat was almost white im eating it as i write this and the flavor is good but not as strong tasting as a normal colored one. A friend said it was pellet feed and this is why it was colored this way.

[TrophyHunter]

yeah I have had pure white meat quite a few times, I believe it totally depends on what their diet is !!!!

[cohokid]

I think it is white because of the pellet feet aswell may be wrong tho.

[TrophyHunter]

I think it is white because of the pellet feet aswell may be wrong tho.

they have pellet feet WTF is that ??  lol

[Fishin Freak]

It's probably white because it just finished spawning. I caught some on the weekend and the chrome one was a nice red and the one that still had some color had white meat.

[Sterling C]

Depends on diet, doesn't matter whether or not they are hatchery raised just what they eat later on in life. On that note though, fraser valley fish tend to have white meat whereas interior rainbows tend to have darker meat. I've caught some with the same color meat as a sockeye or red spring.

[Xgolfman]

all the triploids i've caught down here have had white meat versus the interior bow's , I'm told the white ones retain the fine flavor or" Purina trout chow"...

[winter steel]

    In general post spawn trout (steelhead included) will have whiter "softer" flesh due to the strains of spawning. However, interior trout that are caught in lakes high in calcium and healthy freshwater shrimp populations will have meat that is practicully red. Our coastal trout feed in lakes that are quite acidic and their diet consists of mainly insects with the odd sampling of meat (stickleback). Their specific diet definately has an impact on flesh colour, tight lines.

[stickler]

You hit the nail on the head Wintersteel.

[troutbreath]

Acidic lake dosen't allow certain lake bugs to grow their shell like body like shrimp. Coastal lakes with limestone to neutralize the acid in them will have redder coloured fish due to bug life in them. No need to hit nails when talking about fish.