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Fished Blue Mesa last weekend. About a third of the rainbows caught had one or both pectoral fins missing or very stunted. It looked congenital. Did not look like an injury. Does anyone know what caused this? ... Log in to view rest of post...
01.23 12:43 PM
Stocked rainbow trout tend to have deformed fins from growing up in a confined environment. It's act ... Log in to view...
01.23 1:48 PM
01.23 1:48 PM
CDW used to cut them off as a means of identifying the year they were stocked. Right=one year, left ... Log in to view...
01.23 3:27 PM
01.23 3:27 PM
Blue mesa rainbows are a mix of natural reproduction and stocked. The stocked ones have jacked up fi ... Log in to view...