Editing Rainbow trout (section)

===Fishing===
[[File:Fly caught rainbow trout Madison River YNP.JPG|thumb|upright|alt=Photo of fisherman holding a rainbow trout|Rainbow trout are a popular game fish for fly fishers.]]
Rainbow trout and steelhead are highly regarded game fish among [[angling|angler]]s. Rainbow trout are a popular target for [[fly fishing|fly fishers]], and several [[angling#Lure fishing|lure fishing]] methods are used. The use of [[fishing lure|lures]] presented via spinning, casting, or [[trolling (fishing)|trolling]] techniques is common. Rainbow trout can also be caught on various live and dead natural [[fishing bait|bait]]s. Many anglers consider the rainbow trout the hardest-fighting trout species, as this fish is known for leaping when hooked and putting up a powerful struggle.<ref>{{cite book |last=Waterman |first=Charles F. |title=The Fisherman's World |publisher=Random House |location=New York |year=1971 |page=[https://archive.org/details/fishermansworld00wate/page/57 57] |isbn=978-0-394-41099-9 |oclc=319916607 |url=https://archive.org/details/fishermansworld00wate/page/57 }}</ref> It is considered one of the top five sport fish in North America, and the most important game fish west of the [[Rocky Mountains]].<ref name=fwsRainbow/> 

There are tribal commercial fisheries for steelhead in [[Puget Sound]], the [[Washington (state)|Washington]] coast, and in the [[Columbia River]], but there has been controversy regarding [[overharvesting]] of native [[Fish stocks|stock]]s.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://scholarship.law.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1255&context=plrlr |title=Under the Guise of 'Treaty Rights:' The Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho, Steelhead, and Gillnetting |journal=Public Land and Resources Law Review |volume=29 |author=Stellmon, Josh |year=2008 |access-date=2014-01-05 |archive-date=2017-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525110832/http://scholarship.law.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1255&context=plrlr |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The highly desirable sporting qualities and adaptability of the rainbow trout to hatchery rearing and new habitats resulted in it being [[introduced species|introduced]] to many countries around the world by or at the behest of sport fishermen. Many of these introductions have resulted in environmental and ecological problems, as the introduced rainbow trout disrupt local ecosystems and outcompete or prey upon indigenous fishes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.issg.org/database/species/search.asp?st=100ss |title=100 of the World's Worst Invasive Alien Species |publisher= Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) of the IUCN Species Survival Commission |access-date=2013-11-28}}</ref> Other introductions to support sport angling in waters either devoid of fish or with seriously depleted native stocks have created world-class fisheries such as in the [[Firehole River]] in [[Yellowstone National Park]]<ref name="Brooks 1979 56–59">{{cite book |last=Brooks |first=Charles E. |title=The Living River: A Fisherman's Intimate Profile of the Madison River Watershed—Its History, Ecology, Lore and Angling Opportunities |publisher=Nick Lyons Books |location=Garden City, New Jersey |pages=56–59 |year=1979 |isbn=978-0-385-15655-4 |oclc=5751574}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_nweqC_fUcwC |title=The Yellowstone Fly-Fishing Guide |author4=Matthews, Craig and Molinero, Clayton |publisher=The Globe Pequot Press |location=Guilford, CT |isbn=978-1-55821-545-0 |page=11 |quote=In 1994 Yellowstone Park official introduced a fee permit policy to help pay the increased cost of protecting and enhancing this world-class fishery. |year=1997 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L8gbWk-TBJYC&pg=RA1-PT254 |author=Santella, Chris |title=Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die: Fly Fishing Experts Share The World's Greatest Destinations |isbn=978-1-58479-356-4 |chapter=Brown and Rainbow trout on the Madison River |publisher=Harry M. Abrams Inc |year=2004 |quote=...&nbsp;thanks to the Firehole's geothermal activity, the river bottom undulates with plant life. Few fish are caught here and tourists continue on to the West Yellowstone park exit, thinking that it's too bad there are no fish in that pretty river that skirts the road. Little do they know that they have been following one of the most fabled trout streams in the world! |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/fiftyplacestofly00sant }}</ref> and in the [[Great Lakes]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/58841.html |title=Fishing New York's Great Lakes |publisher=New York State Department of Environmental Conservation |access-date=2013-11-28 |archive-date=2021-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609153701/https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/58841.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> <!-- Many sources, both government and commercial have referred to these fisheries as "world-class" in some form or another -->

==== Record ==== 
The [[International Game Fish Association]] recognizes the world record for rainbow trout as a fish caught on [[Saskatchewan]]'s [[Lake Diefenbaker]] by Sean Konrad on September&nbsp;5, 2009, which weighed {{cvt|48|lb|kg}}. The record is controversial because the fish was a genetically modified [[Polyploidy|triploid]] and was part of a large number of triploid rainbow trout which escaped from an aquaculture facility.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/2009/09/biotechfishing/ |title=48-Pound Trout: World Record or Genetic Cheat? |magazine=Wired|author=Keim, Brandon|date=2009-09-15|access-date=2013-11-29}}</ref>