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fengyuanfei

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Rice lake Rainbow's with pink meat?
« 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?
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Re: Rice lake Rainbow's with pink meat?
« Reply #1 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?
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Re: Rice lake Rainbow's with pink meat?
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2005, 01:59:44 PM »
think this could be related to diet...not sure tho....


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Re: Rice lake Rainbow's with pink meat?
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2005, 03:51:28 PM »
could be related to diet...or if they are wild or hatchery fish
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Re: Rice lake Rainbow's with pink meat?
« Reply #4 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.

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Re: Rice lake Rainbow's with pink meat?
« Reply #5 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.
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Re: Rice lake Rainbow's with pink meat?
« Reply #6 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.
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Re: Rice lake Rainbow's with pink meat?
« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2005, 08:20:32 AM »
The pink ones certainly taste better, or maybe it is just imagination?
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