On Feb 19, 9:19*am, Lou Decruss > wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:13:39 -0500, Dave Smith
>
> > wrote:
> >On 18/02/2012 5:32 PM, sf wrote:
> >> On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:44:59 -0800 (PST), >
> >> wrote:
>
> >>> Trout is a fish I have never bought- usually it's halibut or salmon.
>
> >> If you ever see steelhead trout (red fleshed rainbow trout that have
> >> been at sea) - buy some, it's delicious!
>
> >It sure is.
>
> I agree. *Here Costco sells *steelhead "salmon." *This came up here
> about a year ago and I did some googling. *The sites all have
> something a little different about it. *This site words it in a simple
> way if it's accurate.
>
> From he
>
> http://www.gosalmonfishing.com/salmo...-steelhead.php
>
> Steelhead salmon (Oncorhynchus mykiss) are commonly known as trout,
> but in fact they are a species of salmon native to the Pacific region.
> Land locked steelheads are also known as rainbow trout; in fact that
> is their common name. The term steelhead is used to differentiate
> between those rainbows that stay in fresh water permanently and those
> that go out to the ocean. Both rainbow and steelhead trout will return
> to the place where they hatched in order to spawn; therefore,
> steelheads are an anadromous species. Unlike their Pacific salmon
> cousins, steelheads and rainbows can spawn numerous times before
> dying.

Thanks- that is kinda confusing as I have always heard them referred
to as a salmon!