Help...What Fish Did I Catch...

[Tinboat]

Thanks for the info

 

[Bag-Juan]

Maybe a sea-run cuthroat??

 

[harper44]

Looks like a cutthroat to me. Spotting is a little faint but the head looks right


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[fshnfnatic]

I was going to say a Bull Trout,but the meat looks too red in the picture.I'll have to agree with a Cutthroat.

 

[Karma-Kazi]

That is a Cutty 100%

-KK

 

[UkeeDreamin]

Often see folks make guesses of char species, like bull trout, for trout species like this cutty. Easiest way to remember is that "true" trout and salmon - genus Oncorhyncus (rainbows, cuttys, pacific salmon) and Salmo (brown trout, Atlantic salmon), have dark spots on a light background while char species, genus Salvelinus (bull trout, dollies, brook trout, lakers and arctic char) have light spots on a dark background. Remembering that, makes it easy to quickly determine if you have a fish from the trout/salmon group or a char species.

Ukee

 

[eroyd]

One very unhealthy looking cutty. Not that I personally disagree with utilizing accidentally, fatally fouled fish, but one might want to consider what they post.

 

[Seafever]

Looks to me like it just sat in the cooler for awhile before he got it home........hence the paler areas on the skin...

 

[Millartime]

roger that Ukee. That's the main determining factor I used to identify it as a cuttie. Other than that, it does look similar to a bull trout. strange looking fish

 

[medherring]

also the elongated mouth that extends well past the eye is another great characteristic of the cutthroat trout. I have seen a couple posts in the last week regarding unknown kept species and remember "if you don't know let it go". Goes for both fresh and saltwater.

 

[1marko]

so why delete the picture tinboat ? Why not help others with the I D ?