The WV goldens and palominos are two different things. What you say about the WV golden is correct, however the palomino trout is a WV golden crossed with a normal pigmented rainbow.

Golden Rainbow Trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss

Species overview. The golden rainbow trout is a gold-orange rainbow trout raised under artificial fish culture conditions and stocked as a novelty for angling sport. The golden rainbow was developed from one fish, a single female trout with a genetic mutation that gave her a mixed golden and normal rainbow trout coloration. She was found in the West Virginia hatchery system in 1954. Through selective breeding with regularly marked rainbow trout, an all-gold, golden rainbow trout was developed. In 1963, this fish strain was popularized as the �West Virginia Centennial Golden Trout.� Pennsylvania and other states hybridized the pure strain of West Virginia golden trout with normal rainbows and produced palomino trout, which were true genetic palominos. Palomino trout were first stocked in Pennsylvania in 1967. Since then, the genetic strain in Pennsylvania has weakened, but in recent years the hybrid was selectively bred back closer to the stronger, better-colored golden rainbow trout. Although palominos were stocked as both average-sized and large trout, today�s golden rainbow is raised only to trophy size for anglers and stocked throughout the state.

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Last edited by Cecil Baird1; 03/03/11 10:40 PM.
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