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On 8 May 2018, a convincing image of a brightly colored fish was posted to @trout_row's Instagram page, along with a message claiming that it was the first blue bow trout to be caught in Pennsylvania: Many viewers readily believed that the bright blue fish was real, but some questioned whether this blue bow trout may have been pulled not from a river, but from a computer program. One potential hint that the coloration of this trout is less than authentic can be glimpsed in the fisherman's sunglasses. Although it isn't a smoking gun per se, it appears that the true color of the fish (which is either brown or orange), can be seen in the reflection: As we said, the reflection alone is not enough evidence to debunk the so-called blue bow trout. After all, blue trout (although possibly not this brightly-colored) are not unheard of. But when we reached out to @Trout_row to ask about his once-in-a-lifetime catch, he confirmed that it was all just a trout troll: The @Trout_row Instagram page is full of photographs of genuine trout, but this one is just a fish tale.
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