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The Quadfather
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fish identification

Post by The Quadfather » Sun Oct 05, 2014 9:40 pm

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.
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Re: fish identification

Post by G-Man » Mon Oct 06, 2014 5:14 am

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.
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Re: fish identification

Post by ncwflounderer » Mon Oct 06, 2014 8:48 am

Brook trout?
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Re: fish identification

Post by The Quadfather » Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:29 am

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.
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Re: fish identification

Post by irishfisher420 » Mon Oct 06, 2014 1:05 pm

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.
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Re: fish identification

Post by The Quadfather » Mon Oct 06, 2014 2:42 pm

It's a native fish from East of the cascades. dont know if that says anything about the "Coastal" part of the cutthroat.
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Re: fish identification

Post by ptfletcher » Tue Oct 07, 2014 10:03 am

Looks a bit like a golden trout to me.
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Re: fish identification

Post by ncwflounderer » Tue Oct 07, 2014 12:43 pm

it must be a cutthroat
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Re: fish identification

Post by fishinChristian » Wed Oct 08, 2014 11:48 am

Tarpon. Cross dressing...
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Re: fish identification

Post by SilverSlayer » Thu Oct 09, 2014 4:01 pm

Golden is my guess.
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