Pre-Hurricane Rising Hatchery Rainbow Blues
Posted on September 3rd, 2010

Stocked trout that will hit a cigarette butt.
Playing with rainbow trout when the heat’s in the high 90s doesn’t seem natural. But when the trout aren’t exactly natural either, and an impending storm rolls the heat back, well, they’re not bred to be sagacious.

I’ve actually stepped on a fish right after a stock while wading before!
Like you said, they aren’t exactly smart, or choosy about what they will hit!