Trout and Seasons of The Mountain Village in Japan

Trout 3
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			Brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis Canada and North America side of Atlantic Ocean are their home. They were first moved to Yunoko Lake in Tochigi in 1902 by Paret. They are usually 12 inches long, but I caught one which was 20 inches long in Yukawa River of Oku-Nikko in 1977.
Lake trout Salvelinus namaycush The nothern part of North America is their home. They live long, become very larger and grow up about 110lb in the home. They were movrd to Chuzenji Lake in Tochigi from 1966 to 1969.
			Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss They inhabit rivers in Alaska and Canada, and rivers in Pacific Ocean side the USA. They were moved and raised in Japan since 1877. Steelhead trouts a type which goes out to sea are popular for sports fishing in Canada and America. My record is 24.5 inches long.
Brown trout Salmo trutta Europe is their home. They were moved to USA at the end of the ninteen century. Moved to Japan with Brook trout's roes. The largest is about 3.3 feets. They appear in a classical song, "Trout" composed by F. Shubert.