Rainbow Trout

The Rainbow trouts coloring is a steel-blue, blue-green, yellow-green, to almost brown on it's back. It also has a red stripe that is either dull or very bright which varies from the water colors. Some of the common of the rainbow are silver trout, coast rainbow trout, or steelhead( steeelhead are fish that live in lakes and spawn in rivers where they were hatched). Steelhead only come from the Great Lakes. These game fish strike aggressivly and jump many times during a fight. The fish can jump up to five feet in the air. Rainbows seldom swim deeper than 35 feet along the Great Lake shores. They are easily located for that reason. Forage rich Lake Michigan they grow on average 30-35 inches and may reach 16 pounds by the time they're five years old. They can also be caught bigger even up to 30 pounds. The rainbow is easier to catch than a Brown trout. Rainbows seldomly are very hard to catch, but usually you can throw anything at them and they will bite. Live bait is used most of the time to catch these fish, but lures will also work. Midwest Steelhead action usually begins in june and can continue for the rest of the season.

Best Lures

1. Spinners with not alot of hair (sizes 0-4)

2. Cleos

3. Trolling Spoons

4. Twister Tails

5. Mepps Syclops

Live Bait

1. Spawn Sacks

2. Large Minnows

3. Shiners

4. Nightcrawlers

5. Crawfish(crusteacians)

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