Someone say trout?
Now you're talkin my language
As Dan said you need a chiller if you try to keep trout in the home. Being the huge fly fisherman I am I actually considered trout in the 265 tank I'm building but decided against it due to how much chillers cost and the power they suck from the electric bill. Rainbow trout need water temps around no higher than 65-67f at the higest, or a tad less most of the time. They can survive at temps up to 75 for short times but at those temps they need constantly moving highly oxygenated water. Hence why you will find rainbows in the faster moving riffles & runs on a river during the summer rather than in the slower pools of a river.
Brown trout can handle a bit higher temps then rainbows so browns would be better suited to a tank than a rainbow, but still in the heat of summer even in a basement it will get into the mid 70's or more at times which is not good even for browns. So a chiller is pretty much needed for long term care anytime trout are in the picture.
Smallmouth would be the best option if you have a bigger tank for them because a smallmouth can reach 20"-23" so it would need a very large tank to be happy. Throw in some sunfish as well to add some color. I had some sunfish in a tank years ago and they do really well in an aquarium. The ones I had were feed feeder fish and they grew to pretty impressive size before I moved and had to give them up year ago.
