Steelhead or Brown?

[Nomis]

Caught it this morning and we've been having a debate. I'm saying it's a steelhead buy everyone else in the group saying brown.

I don't know how well you can see with the cell phone picture, but there's a good green tint on his back. Caught it just south of Oswego, NY. 25 inches and about 6lbs.

[monic20]

Brown

[JiggerMan]

Brown

[jeffro9023]

That is 100% a brown trout, when you catch them in the lakes they dont have the darker colors alot of times they are just like that very shiny and silver.

[Nomis]

Yeah, I came to realize that later. The green back and hooked jaw threw me off.

[fontona19]

That tail is a dead give away. Just like a paintbrush. Brownie!

[Mac Attack]

That tail is a dead give away. Just like a paintbrush. Brownie!

Yup!

[wally13]

brownie

[SLAYERFISH]

Brown. Dont see how anyone would think otherwise-

[Nomis]

Brown. Dont see how anyone would think otherwise-

I'm a first timer on Ontario. The fish out here don't look anything like the trout on the little ponds and streams in the adirondacks.

If I see a deep green color, my first thought is to instinctively assume otherwise.

[royjulius]

I caught a brown last Friday that looked just like that. I wasn't aware of how different they can look in big lakes because I've caught them in smaller lakes and they had all of their colors. This one was from a 500 acre, 150 ft deep lake. Don't blame you for second guessing. 

[WANNAKETCHUM]

That tail is a dead give away. Just like a paintbrush. Brownie!

Most definitely a Brown. Also... Browns have few, if any, spots on their tails. A Steelheads tail is heavily spotted.

WK

[IFF]

Yup 100% Brown

[SLAYERFISH]

Here's a brown!  (couldn't resist)

[Nomis]

Well thats obvious. The fish in your picture is actually the color of a brown trout. All the fish here are mostly silver. I was mostly thrown off because I've never seen a green and silver brown trout.

I'm all straightened out now though, since I've gotten a few of each in the boat.