hybrid brown?

[ams]

Pic is not from maine. I found it online in an article about brown trout, so I assume it is a brown trout.

[grasspikerel]

What article?  The short mouth, quick taper to tail, dark red spots between parr marks are all salmon characteristics. When I used to work on a salmon program I eventually felt comfortable distinguishing them with the overall look.  Sometimes there is some over lap in general appearance though.  Over the winter there was a fishing tournament and several salmon were entered in the brown trout catagory as the wardens could not distuinguish the two. So it's a common difficulty.

[dickbaker]

Grass,   You mentioned the swirling white lines and vermiculations on a Tiger Trout.   Can you find a picture of a Tiger Trout parr?   I can't and I wonder if they might have brown trout or brook trout parr markings rather than the adult Tiger markings?   
Dick

[grasspikerel]

Try this link.  If that doesn't work google "tiger trout photo."

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.thejump.net/id/more-fish/tiger-trout-2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.thejump.net/id/tiger-trout.htm&h=376&w=400&sz=27&tbnid=atPEsiLQGY6UPM:&tbnh=117&tbnw=124&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dtiger%2Btrout%2Bphotos%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=tiger+trout+photos&hl=en&usg=__M_YJF1SZZKE7avckR_fTwYnyD6Y=&sa=X&ei=cgO-TYr-JYK_gQfj3ojkBg&sqi=2&ved=0CBsQ9QEwAA

[Fish Farmer]

I'd say the first photo, bottom fish is a brown with parr marks or maybe even a rainbow with parr marks, hard to tell without a better photo.

It doesn't look like the tigers I've seen, by that size, even by four inches you can tell, irregular vermiculations along the sides.

The other picture is definately a salmon parr, head gives it away, short upper jaw doesn't exptend past the eye, BIG eye. I've caught a few in my day.

[dickbaker]

Thanks Grass,   I guess tiger trout parr still have the wavy white lines and vermiculations.  So First picture is probably brown trout parr and second is probably atlantic salmon parr.

Dick

[grasspikerel]

Yup, I'm pretty sure.

[Earlybird]

My guess is, it's just a brown with unusual parr markings that stayed longer than usual. It's not a tiger, as I've caught plenty of them and they look nothing like that fish, even the young ones. Immature Atlantic salmon look very much like a young brown, but the jaw is different and the tail is obviously deeply forked. They are also very slender when young.

EB

[Rapala]

Not a tiger, just a brookie.

[grasspikerel]

Not a tiger, just a brookie.

No, brookies never have black spots.