Freshwater Fish of Connecticut
Rainbow Trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
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Also called: Bow, Redband, Steelhead (sea-run)
Identification
Silvery body with a pink lateral stripe and black spots over the body and tail.
Habitat
Cold streams and lakes; tolerates a broad range of temperatures.
Behavior
Strong, acrobatic fighter that runs and leaps when hooked.
How to Catch
Take spinners, salmon eggs, dough baits, and nymph flies; stocked widely in CT.
Notes
Steelhead is the anadromous (sea-run) form of the same species.
Where to find Rainbow Trout in CT
- Allyn's Brook Durham
- Anguilla Brook Stonington
- Aspetuck River Weston
- Aspetuck River Easton
- Bantam River (Inlet) Litchfield
- Bantam River (Outlet) Litchfield
- Bantam River (West Branch) Litchfield
- Bartlett Brook Lebanon
- Bashan Lake East Haddam
- Beacon Hill Brook Bethany
- Beaver Brook Barkhamsted
- Beseck Lake Middlefield
- Bicentennial Pond Tolland
- Black Pond (Meriden) Meriden
- Black Pond (Woodstock) Woodstock
- Black Rock Lake Watertown
- Blackberry River Norfolk
- Blackledge River Colchester
- Boden Brook Voluntown
- Bolton Lakes Bolton
- Branch Brook Thomaston
- Branford Supply Ponds Branford
- Broad Brook East Windsor
- Bungay Brook Woodstock