Fish of Grand Teton National Park
The 3 fish you can find at Grand Teton National Park, like the Brook trout — sizes, diets, and whether you should worry.
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Fish Brook trout
Salvelinus fontinalis
A small, wormy-patterned native fish with red spots ringed in blue, the only trout that truly belongs in the cold high streams of the Smokies and Shenandoah.
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Fish Lake trout
Salvelinus namaycush
A large, deep-water char with a forked tail, native at Glacier but an invasive species anglers must kill on sight in Yellowstone and Grand Teton lakes.
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Fish Yellowstone cutthroat trout
Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri
A native trout with a red-orange slash under its jaw, the fish that fed the whole web of life around Yellowstone Lake for thousands of years.