Poor guy was hooked pretty deep, managed to get him free but he coughed up some blood and a snakefly in the process. Gave a strong kick when released, hopefully he turned out alright
In a few inches of water, less than 100 m from end of stream. This followed a temporary pulse in Arroyo flow, as PWP reduced upstream stream diversion to bulldoze the north spreading basins, then resumed diversion.
A second individual was further downstream, but I was unable to get a photo.
Small fish (maybe 2 inches long...?) in Rose Valley Creek, Los Padres National Forest, Ventura County, California, USA.
Young trout...? Seems unlikely to me, but I don't know fish.
First time catching a coastal rainbow with orange-y fins
Witnessed it die in the Carmel river. Struggling to breathe for a few minutes then went belly up. No idea why, no visible trauma and water temps were 58 in this particular pool. Lots of active happy rainbows in the same pool. I removed it from the river to hopefully prevent it from fouling up this small pool. Very odd and sad.