Red and pink meat is all about diet and how long they have been in the system. Even trout stocked as catchables can eventually aqquire tasty red meat.
Crawfish turn trout red or orange faster than anything. Freshwater shrimp or scuds turn meat orange and red but the process is a little slower. The higher the protein content, the faster the trout's flesh turn orange and tasty.
Trout that feed primarly on baitfish, such as in most rivers, have meat that is yellowish. The trout in the Colorado River gorge on suckers and chubs, so the meat is often yellow. They aren't near as good as the red meated variety.
White meated trout are either recently stocked, or live in waters where insects are the primary forage, such as in most high mountain small streams. They generally never really taste that great.
The best eating trout are blue mesa browns, vega reservoir rainbows, and any high mountain lake brookies that feed on freshwater shrimp.
Crawfish turn trout red or orange faster than anything. Freshwater shrimp or scuds turn meat orange and red but the process is a little slower. The higher the protein content, the faster the trout's flesh turn orange and tasty.
Trout that feed primarly on baitfish, such as in most rivers, have meat that is yellowish. The trout in the Colorado River gorge on suckers and chubs, so the meat is often yellow. They aren't near as good as the red meated variety.
White meated trout are either recently stocked, or live in waters where insects are the primary forage, such as in most high mountain small streams. They generally never really taste that great.
The best eating trout are blue mesa browns, vega reservoir rainbows, and any high mountain lake brookies that feed on freshwater shrimp.
