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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: fengyuanfei on November 22, 2005, 01:44:19 PM

Title: Rice lake Rainbow's with pink meat?
Post by: fengyuanfei on November 22, 2005, 01:44:19 PM

I caught a number of fish I thought are rainbows (look exactly like rainbows on the outside...) but when I kill them the meat is pink, even after being cooked. How is that possible?

Title: Re: Rice lake Rainbow's with pink meat?
Post by: BwiBwi on November 22, 2005, 01:46:48 PM

Ya that happens in Alice lake too. Some has white and some has pink meat. And the appearance is a bit different.  Could it be Cutbows?

Title: Re: Rice lake Rainbow's with pink meat?
Post by: mojoman on November 22, 2005, 01:59:44 PM

think this could be related to diet...not sure tho....


mojo

Title: Re: Rice lake Rainbow's with pink meat?
Post by: cohokid on November 22, 2005, 03:51:28 PM

could be related to diet...or if they are wild or hatchery fish

Title: Re: Rice lake Rainbow's with pink meat?
Post by: Sterling C on November 22, 2005, 04:16:29 PM

The color of thier flesh is affected by food and water conditions. Here's a pic of some rainbows I caught this past spring up in the Cariboo.

(http://gallery.fishbc.com/albums/SpringTrip05/P1010451a.jpg)

Title: Re: Rice lake Rainbow's with pink meat?
Post by: FlyFishin Magician on November 22, 2005, 04:40:16 PM

The beautiful red flesh of the interior trout is from the freshwater shrimp that they feed on.  I understand that it is beta-carotene from the shrimp's exoskeleton that gets absorbed into their flesh.  Trout in the lower mainland do not have this food source - so they have white meat.  As for why those trout had "pink" flesh - I would guess it's related to what they were fed in the hatchery.

Title: Re: Rice lake Rainbow's with pink meat?
Post by: newsman on November 22, 2005, 06:37:04 PM

"Wrong" color has to do with food sources yes, but have caught red ones on the Stave. Spawned out bows have white meat also.

Title: Re: Rice lake Rainbow's with pink meat?
Post by: fengyuanfei on November 23, 2005, 08:20:32 AM

The pink ones certainly taste better, or maybe it is just imagination?