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Rippin Lips’ Scent Trail

Ask science fiction to conjure a superhero with otherworldly senses of taste and smell and the resulting futuristic freak would likely resemble a catfish. In space age intelligence and acuity, catfish are off the piscatorial charts—finned freaks of nature that beat bass, eagles and bloodhounds, combined. Indeed, their superior senses of taste, sight and certainly scent read more like science fiction than fact. “Olfactory folds" are the microscopic sensors that help fish detect ‘stuff that stinks.’ A 2-pound channel catfish has 142; a 7-pound largemouth bass, just 13. When a catfish detects certain succulent amino acid at just one part per 10...
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Golden Trout Fish Species Information

Scientific Fish Name: Oncorhynchus aguabonita
Other Fish Species Names: redband trout
Regions Fished: elevations of 10,000 ft (3,000 m) above sea level, and is native to California
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The golden trout was designated the state fish of California in 1947. Populations have been in steady decline for decades.


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