Is this an Atlantic or Brown Trout?

Trannyman1 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:04 am

Have to agree with 9iron on this one. Does look a hen steelie but she has definitly never been in a steam this spring. No marks or abrasions. I blew the pic up and it looks like 11 rays in the anal fin. Really hard to tell with the flash on the camera.

Al

silverfox1236 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:24 am

Brown for sure

jimmer58 · **Joined:** Wed Oct 27, 2010 10:17 am **Posts:** 29

definitely a brown!

adventure · **Posted:** Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:35 pm

I'm going to go with 9iron as well. Just looks more rainbowie than brownie to me as well. (but then I'm also sure those are the scientific names as well

9iron · **Posted:** Wed Apr 18, 2012 6:48 pm

Trannyman1 wrote:

Have to agree with 9iron on this one. Does look a hen steelie but she has definitly never been in a steam this spring. No marks or abrasions. I blew the pic up and it looks like 11 rays in the anal fin. Really hard to tell with the flash on the camera.

Al

the anal rays were what i was trying to count but could not with the pic.. never dawned on me to blow it up lol... DUH

Boslayer · **Posted:** Fri Apr 20, 2012 1:54 am

Female Steelhead late spawner......

fish tales · **Posted:** Tue Apr 24, 2012 10:32 am

have to agree with 9iron on this one its a fat hen that is a late spawner and will just spawn on a sand or gravle flat just off shore it most likely just stay in the shallows of the lake and not go up the river to spawn

davec72 · **Joined:** Sun Apr 29, 2012 7:18 pm **Posts:** 2

very nice silvery brown !

steve-hamilton · **Joined:** Fri Apr 25, 2003 7:40 am **Posts:** 1776

ok - its a muskabass.

JFish · **Joined:** Fri Jun 22, 2007 12:10 am **Posts:** 90

Congrats. Beauty brown. Couple things on this fish that tell me it's a brown.

The big 2 are: the large number of large spots on the side that extend down past the lateral line of the fish. The spots are faint but can clearly be seen. Also, rainbows have many radiating spots on the tail that you would clearly see. This fish has very few small ones if any.

Other than those big 2, the tail looks pretty straight, no fork. If you fish for trout or salmon in the lake and in the tribs then you know there are some major changes that occur as they enter the tribs and they are usually bright silver while in the lake. This brown would have been back in the lake now for a bit and would have recooped from the fall spawn. Considering your location and the fact that this is the time to catch those browns in close to shore pretty much sums it up to me that you got yourself a nice female brown.

So, other than the reasons i stated above I got nothing else.

JFish

jimdoglk · **Joined:** Wed Aug 18, 2010 9:59 am **Posts:** 79

I would say steelhead but it looks like it has a left front fin clip in the picture; that makes it a brown.

Laker2011 · **Joined:** Thu Mar 01, 2012 7:21 pm **Posts:** 13

Very nice fish!!

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