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The Steelhead is an ocean-going predatory fish with a typical lifespan of four to six years. Like the common rainbow trout, Steelhead predominantly feast on zooplankton when they are young and then transition to eating fish, some rodents, mollusks, and crustaceans.
Steelhead trout are a unique species. Individuals develop differently depending on their environment. All wild steelhead trout hatch in gravel-bottomed, fast-flowing, well-oxygenated rivers and streams. Some stay in fresh water all their lives and are called rainbow trout.
It definitively calls steelhead a trout, but adds another wrinkle, referring to the fish by an outdated scientific name: Salmo gairdneri. That name, which dates back to the 1800s, placed...
Steelhead is a name given to an anadromous form of rainbow trout, with the scientific name Oncorhynchus mykiss, which belongs to the trout family.
What Are Steelhead Trout? Native to the West Coast and Alaska, steelhead trout is a silvery fish with a similar taste and look as Pacific salmon. Steaks, fillets, and whole fish are sold in fish markets around the country, and are popular on restaurant menus as well.
Salmon and steelhead are some of the most iconic species in North America. Learn about the status and management of these migratory fish. Pacific salmon and steelhead have a dynamic life cycle that includes time in fresh and saltwater habitats.
Learn the 4 most effective methods used by river guides when steelhead fishing in rivers. Learn run timing, the best setups, the best baits and more.
The steelhead (sometimes called steelhead trout) is an anadromous (sea-run) form of the coastal rainbow trout (O. m. irideus) or Columbia River redband trout (O. m. gairdneri) that usually returns to freshwater to spawn after living two to three years in the ocean.
Steelhead are at the top of sought-after game fish in western North America. As ocean-going rainbow trout, steelhead are anadromous, meaning they migrate from the rivers and creeks they hatch in and move into the ocean or large water, then returning as much larger fish to the rivers where they hatched to spawn.
The lengthier a freshwater stay, the more a steelhead resembles a rainbow trout: silvery and bright with tints of orange and pinks running through the scales. Steelhead that have spawned and make it successfully back to the ocean are called kelts.