Rainbow Trout: Friend or Foe

Part 1: Man’s (Aquatic) Best Friend

It’s well known that states raise and stock rainbow trout for angling opportunities, but did you know that rainbow trout raised in the Montana hatchery system are different than those raised in, say, the Colorado hatchery system? I was only vaguely familiar with some of the various rainbow trout strains that swim throughout the western United States, but I wanted to know if I…