What kind of trout are in NC mountains?


What kind of trout are in NC mountains? The ecological history of trout in Western North Carolina has created a relatively diverse fishery as it stands today here in the mountains. Our waterways currently hold four primary species of trout: brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, and tiger trout.


What is the prettiest trout?

California golden trout
  • Widely regarded as one of the most beautiful trout in the world. ...
  • Coloration is spectacularly bright: the belly, opercula, lower jaws, and lateral line are a vivid red to red-orange.
  • The back is a deep olive-green, fading to bright gold on the sides of the fish.


What is the best tasting trout?

The Tastiest Trout Yet, whether through sentimentality or not, I still find brook trout to be completely delicious. Their meat is as light and delicate as stained glass and has an almost sweet flavor when compared with the flesh of other trout species.