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MarkDv
Posted: Jul 26, 2022 - 02:36 pm


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Went to LO today for some 6 hours of trolling. Got just one decent and three very little ones.
Talked to another guy on a big boat, they got seven total but only two decent.
But I still cannot identify fish well. Could you please tell me what I got? I also have separate pics for the mouth and tale if needed…
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Posted: Jul 26, 2022 - 07:49 pm


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I'm leaning towards rainbow, maybe a small coho, here's a chart with all the info you need: Fish ID

Spread the tail to see the dots, whether they're all over or just the top half or radiating in straight lines.

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Posted: Jul 26, 2022 - 08:18 pm


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We fished Bronte from 530am to 1230pm....we went 6 for 8 ....three were small and released, as was the Atlantic the two we kept two good eaters.....will smoke them next week. It was a beautiful day out there.....I agree with Fisherman......Bow or Coho...hard to tell by that pic. three shakers, 1 Atlantic released
and 2 Bows kept.

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Posted: Jul 26, 2022 - 08:38 pm


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QUOTE
I'm leaning towards rainbow, maybe a small coho, here's a chart with all the info you need: Fish ID

Thanks! I know about this chart. Still cannot tell...
Gums appear to be white, so it's rainbow...
But Longest anal fin ray is shorter than 2/3 length of the fin base, it's chinook.
The tale is also look like chinook's...

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Posted: Jul 26, 2022 - 08:39 pm


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Longest anal fin ray is shorter than 2/3 length of the fin base ... it says - chinook
But the fish has only 11 or twelve anal fin rays... which is only attribute of Atlantic... But doesn't look like Atlantic either...

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Posted: Jul 26, 2022 - 11:48 pm


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Hard to tell from pic, but looks like it could be a pink. Rare, but I've seen some runs out of lake O.

Looks like a black gum line + white mouth + forked tail + 11-12 anal fin rays...all are attributes of a pink. If it has loose/small/no teeth that would be further confirmation of a pink.

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Posted: Jul 27, 2022 - 05:52 am


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Looks like a jack salmon chinook to me.

Pec fins, head shape and tail, are chinny-like

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Posted: Jul 27, 2022 - 08:05 am


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IMO 100% Coho.

The anal fin of a Chinook is was more elongated than this fish. If it were a Chinook the anal fin would run much further down the body towards the caudle fin. The sever lack of spots on the tail is a dead give away for a Coho. Rainbow/Steelhead have a put white mouth everywhere with zero black. You said white gums so that again is a Coho.

Also a normal thing you notice with Cohos is they loose those chrome silver scales so easily. I will try to post some comparable pics of the anal fin to help.

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Posted: Jul 27, 2022 - 08:25 am


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Adult Coho anal fin

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Posted: Jul 27, 2022 - 08:26 am


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Immature Coho

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Posted: Jul 27, 2022 - 08:31 am


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Adult Chinook Anal fin

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Posted: Jul 27, 2022 - 08:32 am


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Immature Chinook anal fin

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MarkDv
Posted: Jul 27, 2022 - 10:08 am


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I have some more detailed pics. Look at the mouth inside. It is gray with lighter gums. So,I tend to agree with Disco, it is a coho. But the prominently forked tail still makes me doubtful.
Also note the unusual bow shape of the fish. I noticed it almost instantly as I saw the fish, still in the water. It has a relatively short and wide body shape.
Could it be a cross?

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Posted: Jul 27, 2022 - 10:08 am


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Tail
And yes, Disco is right it lost a lot of scale before even I took it out from the net.

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Posted: Jul 27, 2022 - 10:34 am


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Coho. All the way.

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