Wild or Stocked Ranibow here?

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  1. mesquitegrrl on

    that looks like an adipose fin to me. well done

    eta: that would mean wild. the fisheries cut them off so we can tell the difference

  2. tacobellbandit on

    For some reason it didn’t save my text with the image, but is this a stocked or wild rainbow? The stocked section is way further down from where it was caught and stocking was over a month ago now. I’m fishing a fly fishing only section of a natural production stream in western PA.

    So my question is, is this a tiny stocked trout that made its way up to the natural reproduction section, or is it a wild one? What’s the best way to tell? I’m still fairly new to fly fishing

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