Brown Trout

This is a brown trout.

Brown trout are brownish colored. The back and upper sides are dark brown to gray brown, with yellow brown to silvery lower sides. It has large dark spots outlined with pale halos, also organge-ish and yellow-ish spots on it's sides. The belly is white/ yellow.

There are usually found in cold to cool streams, lakes, and rivers. It's prefered water temperature is about 50 to 60*.

They can last a year or more in a stream because they are adaptable to stream changes and are not always easily caught. They spawn in the fall. Large females deposit 4,000 to 12,000 eggs. The eggs hatch the following spring.

Brown trout eat insects, crayfish, and especially other fish. Bigger brown trouts may also eat other animals such as mice, salamanders, and turtles. They feed mainly at night especially during the summer.

Their lifespan can be 10 to 12 years. They can reach 10 pounds in weight and 30 inches in length.

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