First golden!

I got off early today since it was the last day before Christmas break, so I used the extra time effectively and went fishing. In the process, I caught my first golden trout-a 16" beauty. I took a quick picture with my cell phone, but can't figure out how to download it to show everyone without signing up for more expensive fees with the phone company. Bummer! :confused: Anyway, it was a great trip overall. I ended up catching about a dozen fish in an hour and a half. It was a great way to start the holiday vacation.

If your phone has a USB port you can copy it from the camera to your computer and then upload it.

Hope this helps.

yes, I just want to see the photo.

Jeff

ol' blue-

You found Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita in Kansas?

Taxon,
I don't think so! I'm sure ole blue is talking about those Frankenstein bows that the hatcheries are producing. I call them PMR's, or Pale Mutant Rainbows.
Steve

Congrats...I just love goldens....my favorite species of trout.....hopefully you can figure the camera out.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...atergolden.jpg

Ah, the (so called) palomino trout or golden rainbow.

These are definitely hatchery fish, and NOT the Californian style goldens. The state stocks rainbows, and get a smalll percentage of what they call goldens in as well. They are definitely a minority of the population and can be very tough to hook into. I've been fly fishing our area for 4 years now, and this is the first I've managed to hook up with.

CONGRATS, 'Ol Blue!
ANY fish, that size, is cause for celebration and a hardy "Att'a Boy"!, from me!
Nice going and even a nicer way to end up the year's fishing!

Tell me what kind of phone you have and I will tell you how to get it on your puter if it is at all possible.

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Originally Posted by ol' blue

These are definitely hatchery fish, and NOT the Californian style goldens. The state stocks rainbows, and get a smalll percentage of what they call goldens in as well. They are definitely a minority of the population and can be very tough to hook into. I've been fly fishing our area for 4 years now, and this is the first I've managed to hook up with.

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Are these Rainbow hybrids??? I wish I could see a picture.

If you can send the picture in a text you also can also send it to your own e-mail address. You can then bring the e-mail in as a jpeg and put it on a pic site (like Photobucket) and then post it here. That is what I do with my phone pics.

I can upload, but I have to upgrade my phone service to do it. One of the wonderful features of Sprint, I guess. In the meantime, I have a small cable that came with the phone, but I think I need another cable to hook it to the computer. It hooks to the phone, but doesn't have a USB or normal pin-plug. Here it is:
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...e/IMG_2341.jpg

And while we're at it: (LOL!) It was a "quick set the fish on the grass, get a quick picture, and revive it and release it" kind of moment. I didn't even bother washing it off. It looks like a pale rainbow with a yellow back and a faint pink stripe on the side.
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...e/IMG_2340.jpg


It looked quite a bit like this one:

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...bru/body-1.jpg

This has a good description of golden rainbows:

http://www.fish.state.pa.us/pafish/fishhtms/chap16.htm

Originally, the palomino, or golden rainbow, was a color phase of rainbow that popped up in a hatchery, but they started crossing them and have come up with strains that breed true in that color. So the simple answer to whether they are hybrids is "yeah, kinda, but not really"

I have caught several of the gold trout a few 5 to 6lbs. I was told they were albino and they change colors and look like rainbow. But everybody knows something.

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Originally Posted by jiggin

I have caught several of the gold trout a few 5 to 6lbs. I was told they were albino and they change colors and look like rainbow. But everybody knows something.

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Can't catch fish if you don't go

Those are the ones in that pitcure

Congrats!

Nice picture of a picture of a fish.:lol: