Ole Hook Jaw

[anthonyebola]

Nice 20" Brown 

[henryvillespecial]

When/Where'd ya get him?

[Gump]

Hard to tell from the pics, but looks to me like it could also be a male landlocked salmon. 

Either way nice fish!

[pikemaster789]

nice fish no matter what it is

[toguefisha]

It is a very nice fish.  The coloration does look alot like a salmon, but that square tail looks alot more like a brown tail then a salmon.  Salmon usually have slightly forked tails.  Either way it's a beautiful fish, doesn't really matter one way or the other what it is.

[anthonyebola]

Thanks  I believe That the tail makes it look more like a brown, and the Lake I caught it in has a good population of Brown Trout.  Got him at Highland Lake in february

[pondpro]

nice trout

[CAPTJJ]

Not positive, but I'm leaning towards landlocked salmon. Firstly, the maxillae(large bony piece behind jaw) lines up with the back of the eye, rather than extend past like a brown's would; hard to tell exactly with the way the fish is held in the picture. Mature salmon have flat tales and male browms usually have more color. I notice the adipose fin has been clipped, do they stock the lake with any brood stocks? Nice fish.

[anthonyebola]

Yeah it might be a brood fish

[RickTheRock]

I caught a similar fish last year in Maxwell creek. Girlfriends son helped.

[Mooter]

Here are a few of my hook heads

[gunnerdk]

nice fish guys

[mttrout]

Nice fish guys! The biologist in me can't help but dispense some info...That hook jaw is called a kipe. It's a male characteristic.

[CAPTJJ]

You mean KYPE. 

[Mooter]

You mean KYPE. 

I guess the spelling depends on what side of the river your from