SIU Professor Debunks Legend Surrounding Redband Trout
June 12, 2026
June 12, 2026
CARBONDALE, Illinois, June 12 -- Southern Illinois University issued the following news release:
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SIU professor debunks legend surrounding redband trout
There's a legend in the Missouri Ozarks that a train from the Wild West carrying the now rare McCloud River redband trout derailed. To save the fish, the railroad workers released them into the nearby rivers. These fish were supposedly the ancestors of today's rainbow trout.
Now . . .
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SIU professor debunks legend surrounding redband trout
There's a legend in the Missouri Ozarks that a train from the Wild West carrying the now rare McCloud River redband trout derailed. To save the fish, the railroad workers released them into the nearby rivers. These fish were supposedly the ancestors of today's rainbow trout.
Now . . .