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If you’re planning a fishing trip to Colorado and your looking to catch trout you may be in for a surprise. Many people think that a trout is just one species of fish and that’s it. Well for those of you under that misconception, there are several species of trout to be found in Colorado.

When it comes to the trout that you can find swimming the waters of Colorado, there are actually five different species that inhabit those waters.

Trout Species of Colorado

RAINBOW TROUT
A Colorado mainstay, the rainbow trout was first introduced into the waters of Colorado back in the 1880′s, and today are stocked annually from local hatcheries.

CUTTHROAT TROUT
The cutthroat trout, like the species that it hails from, has several different subspecies also including the Colorado, the Greenback and the Rio.

BROWN TROUT
Difficult to catch, the brown trout can be found in the streams of Colorado at higher elevations.

BROOK TROUT
Another species brought to the lakes and streams of Colorado in the late 1800′s; brook trout can very easily become overpopulated and can out-compete other species of fish when this occurs. This hardy species is also found in the lakes that also house beaver dams and in smaller streams.

LAKE TROUT
The Mackinaw or lake trout are by far the largest species of trout found in all of North America. Catching lake trout will take you to high elevation lakes where they can be caught in the deeper waters of those lakes.