OK boys and girls, I was fishing in a pond here in the desert with a couple of friends. Blain, my buddy's 16 year old step son landed a fish and held it up for us to see. It looked like a nice little 10" brown but on closer inspection there were no halos around the spots. I have never seen one without the circles. Naturally my camera battery was dead and it was getting too dark for a phone pic so I just said wow and he released it.
Has onyone else seen this? Is it a NY strain that swam to CA for spring break? I am returning to that pond soon and if I'm able to catch one or someone else does I'll get photos. Meanwhile can someone shed some light on this strain of trout? Jim