What is it ?

[fishhound]

To all the fish experts out there! I caught this fish sunday moring in 75 fow on a 300 copper on a SS mag spoon. I was told it could possibly be a splake coho or skamamia , it was 9.74 lbs. Does anyone know what the species for sure ?

[Gnarf]

Your picture doesnt show up. Upload to the gallery here

[danthebuilder]

You can also try www.imgur.com and just copy the message board link & paste in here.

[Nailer]

It looks like an Atlantic Salmon.

[fishhound]

Here is the link to the pics. Sory for the inconvience thanks for the tip dan the builder, hopefully this works

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[Gnarf]

Brown Trout

seeforellen strain.

I had the exact same thing happen to me and i initially thought it was an atlantic aswell.

Thats the one i caught

[danthebuilder]

This is from the DNR book. Seems like no help. If you search what joe wrote in google images "Brown Trout seeforellen strain.". There are people holding up that same fish. I'm going to say joe wins.

[Turfwrench]

This may help. I put this together a couple years ago, it seemed a lot of guys that fish the lower end of Lk Huron caught browns and were calling them atlantics. I put the red lines in on the jaw to show the difference. The top and bottom fish (atlantic) are the same fish with the middle fish a brown.

[sherman51]

Brown Trout

seeforellen strain.

I had the exact same thing happen to me and i initially thought it was an atlantic aswell.

Thats the one i caught

i sure am glad im not a fish expert, as your fish looks just like a atlantic to me. the mouth extends to the back of the eye and it has the x,s on the upper part of the body. but like i said i dont know the difference from one fish to another. im just going by the picture of both fish. no offence given.

sherman

[SUPERTRAMP]

Brown Trout

seeforellen strain.

I had the exact same thing happen to me and i initially thought it was an atlantic aswell.

Thats the one i caught

That is just what it is. Brown Trout

Seeforellen strain.

[Cork Dust]

Remember, Atlantics are a salmon, Salmo salar-deep forked caudal fins, spots are more sporadic and weaker than a brown trout's, sharper angle to the head and jaw, lending a more torpedo-like lateral appearance. You can go the vomer tooth count route, but it is not very easy to do when the fish is long dead.

[monarkbro]

That sure looks like an Atlantic Salmon to me!!

[fishhound]

Well thanks to all that replied. Im gona say its a brown trout.

[hear fishie fishie]

Hey Ryan its a Brown trout.

Browns= spots below latera line

square tail

Atlantic spots-[x's] only above lateral line

Slighty forked tail

mouth usually black-dark inside

Mouth does not extend beyond the eye.

I caught an atlantic out of rockport-lake huron tonight and it was checked by dnr

fish checker.

[deadfish]

brown trout

[monarkbro]

great info guys!! didnt know there were browns that colored!!

[fishhound]

thanks for all the great info again!