eaglemaniac
Well-Known Member
The scales look cohowish. eman
Ok, Heavyc this post has me a bit shocked and quite frankly a little bit frustrated . I was gonna leave this alone but just had to speak up - thats partly what this forum is for too so here it goes - will try to go lightly here but you have hit a 'cord' in me with this post .
A pet peve of mine is those that cannot tell what fish they are bonking when you should know before you even land it ! This particular fish should be obvious to you what it is - especially before you bonked it ! If you cannot tell that this is a Spring in like a 1/2 second peek ( The close ups shots , even left as the tiny thumbnails, its obvious) You should not be bonking chinook or coho or ? until you know your ID better. This is so obviously a chinook - IMHO not even close to being confusing . Black mouth yes but specifically right where the teeth ( base) come out of gums is black. That tail/spots is so obviously chinook its rediculous.
- no question whatsoever for me and I had hope most everyone else would be able to say the same thing. The Creel guy should not be working that job if he could not ID that fish. Coho and Chinook look completely different ( sometimes late season a chinook can have lighter gums and be lacking in spots but still easy to tell)
Also note -If the wide photo of holding the fish is the same chinook as the close ups - it has an adipose. ......well you know where I am going with this ( if you thought it might be a coho, were wild coho retainable where you were fishing ???? )
I think its a pink.
the only ones i ever had a prob with in early season commercial trollng (late june/july ) was chums and coho as we would get into a school of chums once in a while also used to get a few steelhead but they were easy to spot -- used to get lots of steel in the gill net
the only ones i ever had a prob with in early season commercial trollng (late june/july ) was chums and coho as we would get into a school of chums once in a while also used to get a few steelhead but they were easy to spot -- used to get lots of steel in the gill net
Peahead perhaps is you read all his posts you'd see he was fishing in Quatsino and yes Wild Coho are allowed. It's getting to the point where people are going to stop posting any reports for fear of all the righteous do gooders.
No need to jump down my throat there son. I thought we're all friends here. My initial reaction was it was a spring, as it bit and fought like one. After we continued fishing then I got doubtful. And when the creel survey person also said it was a coho it had me a bit concerned about my identifying skills. As you may have seen from some of the other replies I was fishing in an area where you are allowed wild & hatch coho and springs. Take it easy, its just the internet.