Patagonia
Sea Run Brown Trout
(Salmo Trutta)
The back of the sea-run brown trout has a color variation of greens and the sides will transition to yellow/brown. Mostly black spots and a few red or orange ones cover its sides, each one circled with a halo of lighter color. Sea-run browns have lighter backs and sides with some black spots.
Brown trout prefers water temperatures that are considered too warm for most other trout. Known to prefer the 65- to 75-degree range, but tolerate 80-degree waters for short periods.
Large brown trout prey on small trout and other fish. They also eat crustaceans and a variety of insects.
Well known for their fast growth, they rarely live longer than 8 years.
Stream-dwelling brownies do not grow as large as lake-dwellers.
Sea-Run Brown Trout weigh from 3 to 25 pounds.
Steelhead Trout
(Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Steelhead trout are the sea-going cousins of rainbow trout and are known for putting up a hard fight. The average length of a steelhead trout is 20-30 inches. Its body is similar to that of a rainbow trout with a somewhat compressed and rounded snout and a large mouth. They both have colors that range from steel-blue, blue-green, yellow-green to almost brown, and almost all have a number of small black spots, while steelhead trout tend to be more silvery.
Steelhead trout are most commonly found in the Pacific Ocean. The life expectancy of the steelhead trout is generally about 6-8 years. They first feed on plankton, then insects, and as they grow older, crustaceans and other fish.
The flesh of the steelhead trout is usually bright red and rich in smaller individuals and pink to white in larger trout.
The Steelhead Trout weigh up to 8 pounds.
Brook Trout
(Salvelinus Fontinalis)
The Brook Trout is very beautiful and voracious, and changes its color according to the food it eats.
It is greenish brown, sometimes iridescent, with light and red spots on its loins and the upper part of the head. The abdomen is pale pink.
Due to the pink color of its flesh, it is called salmon-like trout, or salmon.
The Brook Trout weighs from 3 ounces to over 5 pounds.
Brown Trout
(Salmo Trutta)
This is probably the most popular Salmonidae among anglers, since it lives in hard to access environments, in places hard to reach with bait, plus its unique characteristics. This type of trout is evasive, unpredictable, aggressive, and enormously cunning, which makes it tough to catch.
In rivers, its loin is dark brown, with a golden brown color on the flanks and a white yellowish tone in the abdomen. It has spots scattered on the body: green and brown on the upper part, and on both sides they mingle with red dots underlined by pale circles.
It reaches its largest size (around 15 kg) in different environments. It feeds on aquatic and terrestrial insects in larval or adult stages, crustaceans and fish, mainly in the case of adult specimens.
Brown Trout weigh from 1 to 10 pounds.
Rainbow Trout
(Oncorhynchus mykiss)
From the Salmonidae family, has a reputation as hard fighting and challenging game. Since its introduction to the Patagonia region of Chile and Argentina in the early 1900's, the Rainbow Trout adapted and thrived strongly in the local lakes, streams and rivers. With the snow covered Andes Mountains creating plenty of fresh water for them and plentiful food supply in the rivers and lakes, the Rainbow Trout has grown and become one of the fishing favorites of the region.
It feeds on insects, mollusks, crustaceans and other fish.
Rainbow Trout weigh from 1 to 15 pounds.
Land-Locked Salmon
(Salmo Salar Sebago)
Native of Lake Sebago, was introduced at the beginning of the century into numerous environments. At present, it is found only in some environments.
It is silver color, with blue head and back, black spots on the flanks and dark dorsal fins with blue stripes.
The term "land-locked" refers to its behavior in fresh waters, since in hydroid systems close to the sea this species alternates between salty and fresh water at different times in its life cycle.
Easily mistaken for a brown trout, but it has a smaller mouth, since its maxillary does not usually surpass the back rim of the eye.
It may weigh from 1 to 8 pounds.
Chinook
(Oncohynchus tshawytscha)
The Chinook is fusiform, has a robust body, it is conic with a slightly sharp and pointed head in young females and males. Adult reproductive males have a bigger head, long mouth, with both tips bent inwards as a hook, with strong teeth.
It has a pinky gray color with spots on the back and upper lobule of the tail.
In natural conditions, its size may reach 80 centimeters long.
Chinook Salmon weigh from 10 to 50 pounds.
