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fish identification
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 9:40 pm
by The Quadfather
Can someone identify this fish. Wondering if it is a steelhead smolt? Wondering about the splotches/along the sides?
Not my fish. Did not catch it. Please don't sweat me on whether it's in or out of the water. Just a picture I came across.
Re: fish identification
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 5:14 am
by G-Man
I'm with Springer on this one. Rainbow and only time will tell if it decides to migrate to the sea, if that is an option.
Re: fish identification
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 8:48 am
by ncwflounderer
Brook trout?
Re: fish identification
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:29 am
by The Quadfather
Def. not a brook trout. I have to concur with the above folks who said juvenile rainbow. Sometimes I see in the alpine rivers at least, that the juveniles have the richly colored parr marks. They just look so different from a lake rainbow.
Re: fish identification
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 1:05 pm
by irishfisher420
Coastal cutthroat smolt,atleast that's what I was told,they are thick in the skagit and saw some in the samish awhile ago would like verification of the species,they are really soft bellied and almost a completely smooth texture to there skin.
Re: fish identification
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 2:42 pm
by The Quadfather
It's a native fish from East of the cascades. dont know if that says anything about the "Coastal" part of the cutthroat.
Not meant as sarcasm.
Re: fish identification
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 10:03 am
by ptfletcher
Looks a bit like a golden trout to me.
Re: fish identification
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 12:43 pm
by ncwflounderer
it must be a cutthroat
Re: fish identification
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 11:48 am
by fishinChristian
Tarpon. Cross dressing...
Re: fish identification
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 4:01 pm
by SilverSlayer
Golden is my guess.
