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o w n g e r m a n t r o u t t r o u t Salmo trutta 32 IDENTIFICATION: Color ranges from brown to gold on back with a cream to slate-colored belly. Have black, yellow, gray, or occasionally red spots surrounded by a white halo. The adipose fin between dorsal and caudal fin is prominent with spots. There are no spots on squarish tail or wavy markings on back region. <strong>FISH</strong>ING TIPS: Fishing is most successful in the fall through late spring, or during early and late hours during the summer. Brown trout are usually pursued with fly fishing equipment, with patterns that match local hatches or nymphs of caddisfly, stonefly, or mayfly. Fly patterns of ants, crickets, grasshoppers, and “wooly buggers” also produce nice catches. Live bait such as nightcrawlers, leeches, crayfish, minnows, and maggots can also be productive. FOOD: Small fish and insects ADULT SIZE: Normally 10-13 inches; maximum of 29 inches SPAWNING: Brown trout do not naturally reproduce in Ohio. Division of Wildlife hatcheries rear brown trout for roughly one year before stocking them. RANGE AND HABITAT: Native to Europe. The Ohio Division of Wildlife currently stocks brown trout in selected streams. Prefered habitat includes coldwater streams with boulders, cobble, logs, rootwads, and overhead cover.
s t e e l h e a d r a i n b o w t r o u t Oncorhynchus mykiss 33 IDENTIFICATION: Has an adipose fin, squarish to rounded tail, black spots throughout. Rainbow trout have 10-12 anal rays and a white mouth and gums (coho and chinook salmon, occasionally found in Lake Erie, have gray or black gums, more anal rays, and forked tails). Lake Erie steelhead are generally bright silver with a bright pink band. Males develop a hooked jaw known as a “kype” during the spawning season. <strong>FISH</strong>ING TIPS: Most steelhead trout caught in Lake Erie are caught while trolling deep running crankbaits and spoons for walleye. In the early fall, however, shore anglers east of Cleveland begin catching steelhead using spoons or jigs tipped with maggots. After fish begin moving upstream later in the fall, spawn bags, salmon eggs, flies, minnows, and worms can be productive. The best locations for steelhead are pools with deep water (2 feet or more) with some current. Steelhead prefer slower moving water in the winter, but move into shallower, swifter water in the spring where they are often caught on flies, spinners, minnowshaped crankbaits, and jigs with maggots. ADULT SIZE: Normally 20-23 inches, but can grow to 36 inches and 19 pounds FOOD: Small fish and aquatic insects SPAWNING: Natural reproduction is rare in Ohio. RANGE AND HABITAT: Not native to Ohio, but introduced throughout coldwater locations in the state. Prefers coldwater streams with cobble, boulders, deep pools, and overhead cover. In Ohio, rainbow trout stocked into coldwater streams move to Lake Erie for a year or two then return to that stream in the fall through spring months. These fish are referred to as steelhead trout.
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