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Rainbow trout leap

Adult rainbow trout (otherwise known as Steelhead) migrate upstream each spring to spawn. This adult leaped out of the water to ascend a fishway. I was standing on the fishway and so the fish's body was directly below me.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 04.2022
Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: Port Hope, Canada
Camera: Canon EOS R6
Copyright: © Kathryn Peimn