Friday
Sep252009
Sept Slab of the Month Entry: Albino Trout
Friday, September 25, 2009 at 12:00AM 
Whilst stripping mice in a Wyoming pond, Matt Guymon stuck this unique albino trout on a articulated pattern. Everyday size? No. Every day color? Absolutely not.
Submitted by Ken Browning.
Reader Comments (23)
Holy shit batman is that an al-bow? Guess this was caught at night?
My buddy used to work at the Ennis fish hatchery. I toured it a few times and they had quite a few albino's in the fish lanes.
"DOGCATCHER" this fish would be a catch of a lifetime if it were wild........KIDS SAY NO TO FISH FARMS !!!!!
that is an palamino trout not an albino or as i used to call them eagle bait
What does it matter if it was stocked or not. I am willing to bet that a lot of the SOTM trout entries are stockers of some sort, whether it is from a stocked river, pond, etc... A big fish is a big fish.
If the fact that it is a stocker is bothersome, then don't vote for it. Simple enough!
Nice fish nevertheless, probably won't get my vote though. Not because it was a stocker, but because it was from private water. Just my opinion.
Yes a Palamino, which is a Rainbow Trout will a genetic mutation. Not an albino, and yes hatcheries sell these to many private land owners for their own fun. There are a couple of public rivers that are still stocked with them, but the don't last long in the wild.(Eagle/Hawk Food)
Oh yeah by the way great catch, cool fish!!! Kudos to ya, was that tiger trout posted a couple of days ago from the same lake or property?
Referred to as the east coast's "gold trout" in some circles.
The palomino originated from a hatchery in WV. Edray I believe. They are heavily inbred...
Referred to as the east coast's "gold trout" in some circles.
The palomino originated from a rainbow hatchery in WV. Edray I believe. They are heavily inbred...
For being such an easy mark, this fish got real, real big. I say cool fish.
Yes, its the same property that the tiger came from, thanks to all who just appreciate a cool fish.
Powder lives on in fish form.....HOORAY!
Hey now watch it on the Inbred Wv Comments :) I can't help it if my relatives are beautiful!! Yes you can thank West By God Virginia for the NANNER TROUT Created so that even the dumbest fisherman can locate trout. I do think the original idea was to create the trout so people wouldn't follow the stock truck. All they have to do in drive down a stream and locate the NANNER trout. NICE FISH REGUARDLESS!!!
Thats great Ken, what a property you guys fished. With all those giant rare catches on the same property, if I lived there I might not leave home. LOL. DO ya know the owner or was it a pay a day fishing? Very cool catches, did you guys get into any other monster fish like Bows and Brown if they still have em there? I have to say very cool either way, send in more pics, I'm sure there are a few more.
A little background on Palomino Trout if anyone is interested.
The orangish trout stocked by the Commission are accurately called "golden rainbow trout."
The golden rainbow trout originated from a single rainbow trout that was spawned in the fall of 1954 in West Virginia. This trout's body color was a chimera of golden and normally pigmented tissue. When this fish was crossed with a normally pigmented rainbow trout, the offspring (what we have come to refer to as palomino rainbow trout) were lighter in color.
Golden rainbow trout and palomino rainbow trout are not sterile hybrids, they are simply color variations of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and should not be confused with the golden trout (Oncorhynchus aguabonita) native to a few drainages in California. It took selective breeding for several generations to result in the development of true breeding golden rainbow trout. Typically, these fish are more of a brilliant golden color than the palomino rainbow trout, which has a color phase intermediate between the golden and normally pigmented rainbow trout.
In Pennsylvania, the rise of the palomino rainbow trout stemmed from obtaining fertilized golden rainbow trout eggs from West Virginia. Subsequently, when these golden rainbow trout reached maturity, they were crossed with normally pigmented rainbow trout and the offspring resulted in the development of the palomino rainbow trout. The initial stockings of palomino rainbow trout in Pennsylvania waters occurred during the 1967 season. At present, however, due to their more brilliant coloration, we use golden rainbow trout exclusively for production purposes rather than the lighter palomino rainbow trout.
Thanks loop, we did some guiding for the trout ranch. It was a celebrity fly fishing tournament. We did catch some beautiful bows and browns, If you go to my blog which is softhacke.blogspot.com you see a cast and blast section with a link to more photos of the event. Im sure matt will be willing to post a link to his stuff as well.
Thanks Ken,
Great pics on the Blog. Thought I had an Idea of where you guys were, incredible fishing. Thanks for sharing,
Loopy
Awesome background info on the species thanks for the knowledge :) This trout though not in the wild will be forever engraved in my mind. The battle was epic , I caught it on my own pattern , and to top it off I was in complete darkness. The highlight of the trip however was listening to howling of all my boys hooked up and laughing having a good time. The story in complete can be found on my website Localwaters.info. Tight Lines and Wet Nets to all :)
This is also a link to my flick'r page with many other picts from the trip http://www.flickr.com/photos/localwaters/
There should be SOTM for private stocked fish...and SOTM for wild fish from great rivers and big oceans
There should also be a SOTM for pretentious assholes.
Granted, this fish is from a private stocked water just like the tiger. But the deuce I dropped in my Simms from the beauty of the two is the same. They are both nice,nice,NICE fish but fish that you can get if you want to pay enough just like a painting.
Thanks Matt, I will check those pics out,
Loopy