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Originally Posted by Barnes19
I caught 2 different looking Rainbows on Saturday, they were both caught in a stocked lake and are similar in size so I'm assuming from the same year class. From the photo attached does anyone know or have any ideas why they would look so different? Also the darker fish's meat was almost white while the lighter fish's meat was bright orange.
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Top - Female bow
Bottom - Male bow
I've seen that same thing in other trout, including other bows, where the male's meat and color changes the closer to spawning time. They are not worth keeping but you have or will likely found out this.
P.S. Male brookies can be even worse and stink to high heaven.