Steelhead? Really?

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Steelhead? Really?

Post by mrwik » Sun Feb 16, 2014 7:44 pm

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Is it just me or does this seem funny to anyone else?

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Post by Steelheadin360 » Sun Feb 16, 2014 7:48 pm

farm raised..... No thank you

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Post by rusty » Sun Feb 16, 2014 10:18 pm

That's a Rufus Woods triploid. I see them sometimes in the Spokane area grocery stores marketed as steelhead also.

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Post by primetime » Sun Feb 16, 2014 10:51 pm

20 bucks! [omg] what mark up!

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Post by MarkFromSea » Mon Feb 17, 2014 3:51 am

rusty wrote:That's a Rufus Woods triploid. I see them sometimes in the Spokane area grocery stores marketed as steelhead also.
Yep!
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Post by jd39 » Mon Feb 17, 2014 1:17 pm

Never buy commercial steelhead in a restaurant or grocery store! Maybe I'm selfish but I believe 100% of open ocean raised steel should be allocated to subsistence (tribal mainly), sporties and spawning! No commercial industry at all and I'll never support it with my $ and encourage others to do the same.
Fish farming...well, Steelheadin360 sums it up best above.

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Post by schu7498 » Mon Feb 17, 2014 5:04 pm

Farm raised steelhead never see the salt. Which makes them trout.

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Post by Bodofish » Tue Feb 18, 2014 7:19 am

schu7498 wrote:Farm raised steelhead never see the salt. Which makes them trout.

Yep, pen fish from rufus. I don't think I'd call them steel but I have seen a good 30#er caught by the pens.
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Post by MarkFromSea » Tue Feb 18, 2014 8:07 am

Last I heard, the state claims them to be trout also.... one of those triploid from Rufus is the state record holder for trout. No mention of the steelhead chromosomes in the "record" book, last I recall. Half rainbow...half steel..... it's what's in the stores today as steelhead....has been for years...
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?ad ... loid_trout" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Post by Bodofish » Tue Feb 18, 2014 11:59 am

MarkFromSea wrote:Last I heard, the state claims them to be trout also.... one of those triploid from Rufus is the state record holder for trout. No mention of the steelhead chromosomes in the "record" book, last I recall. Half rainbow...half steel..... it's what's in the stores today as steelhead....has been for years...
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?ad ... loid_trout" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I guess there could be a half and half. Bows and Steel are genetically identical....... Must be old school Alaskan, nobody told them yet.... [razz]
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