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Title: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: fishmaster13184 on Mar 26, 2008, 09:57 AM
i thought brown but someone told me it was a salmon i caught it steel head fishing in a tributary of lake ontario

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh314/bigal13184/0325081440a.jpg)

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh314/bigal13184/0325081440.jpg)
Title: Re: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: toguefisha on Mar 26, 2008, 10:26 AM
Pictures are really fuzzy, hard to tell.
Title: Re: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: fish_finder on Mar 26, 2008, 10:36 AM
Looks like a salmon to me , not enough spots for a brown
Title: Re: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: fishmaster13184 on Mar 26, 2008, 10:39 AM
well that has me really confused because i caught over 20 browns that day and they all looked the same, i also got a about 10 steelies that all looked the same then i got this one that looked like a mix of a bow and a brown, dont know if that is possible or what but that was the only one i have ever seen look like that and i have cought tons of fish fishing up there
Title: Re: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: Drifter_016 on Mar 26, 2008, 11:59 AM
It's a brown.
Title: Re: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: BottomDweller on Mar 26, 2008, 12:43 PM
if the head or tail or both had been clear in the pictures, it would have been easy. 
Title: Re: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: hook-set on Mar 26, 2008, 03:15 PM
i agree the best way to tell is in the tooth pattern in on the tongue
Title: Re: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: MickeyFinn on Mar 26, 2008, 05:34 PM
Did you Tail it ? It's kinda hard to tell but if it was as you described " bow and brown like " I'd lean toward it being an Atlantic. It does look to me like it has a bit of a butter belly going which says brown to me.
Title: Re: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: Hollywood on Mar 26, 2008, 07:00 PM
Although the spots look more like Atlantic than not- the coloring of the belly & fin definately look more Brown. Did it fight much different?
Title: Re: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: Litchfield Fisher on Mar 26, 2008, 07:19 PM
fuzzy pictures but I would say brown as they can get really lite but I could very well be wrong as the pics are pretty fuzzy
Title: Re: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: Lund sss on Mar 26, 2008, 07:52 PM
That shure looks like an Atlantic Salmon to me, Did the bottom jaw have upward curve? 30 years of trib fishing during spring and fall never  seen  a spring brown with coloring like that
Title: Re: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: Litchfield Fisher on Mar 29, 2008, 12:37 PM
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i thought brown but someone told me it was a salmon i caught it steel head fishing in a tributary of lake ontario

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh314/bigal13184/0325081440a.jpg)

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh314/bigal13184/0325081440.jpg)
so did you find out what is was ????????????????????????
Title: Re: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: fishmaster13184 on Mar 29, 2008, 04:03 PM
no idea what it was some say salmon some say brown? i usually only practice cpr( except for a couple steelies for eggs)  so this fish is probably back in the lake by now for someone else to catch
Title: Re: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: aslongasitpullback on Mar 29, 2008, 04:32 PM
That shure looks like an Atlantic Salmon to me, Did the bottom jaw have upward curve? 30 years of trib fishing during spring and fall never  seen  a spring brown with coloring like that
I'm with this guy....atlantic salmon for sure...
Title: Re: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: unreel on Mar 29, 2008, 07:02 PM
Looks like a Lake Ontario brown that just came in the trib.   The yellow belly and the shape of the spots look more like a brown to me... better pixs would make easier to tell.....   Most of the guys I know that egg fish would rather have brown eggs......Please let the steelies go....  their numbers are dwindling
Title: Re: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: ralwag on Mar 29, 2008, 07:18 PM
Pics a little fuzzy but I would say brown  ;)

Ral
Title: Re: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: Dull Hooks on Mar 29, 2008, 07:34 PM
In the DITCH your standing near ::) ::) ::) I'd say brown ::) Poor pics make it impossible to ID . NY stocks two different strains of brown trout I think one is the german brown and the other is a seaforellen ( sp ?? ) which has very sparse spotting and grown somewhat larger but I could be wrong.


HMMM going to have to dig a little and get some research done.
Title: Re: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: hammerfly on Mar 30, 2008, 01:09 AM
That is a brown trout without a doubt
Title: Re: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: miket. on Mar 30, 2008, 04:39 AM
in all my experiences, i will have to say brown for sure and a pretty nice one to! good job.
Title: Re: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: pikeking on Mar 30, 2008, 04:24 PM
That's a brown for sure. ::)
Title: Re: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: bluegillslayer on Apr 01, 2008, 10:38 AM
its a brown trout for sure nice job. what trib  were you fishing? if i might ask!
Title: Re: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: jjmoser on Apr 01, 2008, 10:49 AM
If you look at the fin on the belly of the first pic you can see that there is a white stripe on the edge of it.  I think this is only comon in trout.  I would guess that its a brown trout of some strain. 
Title: Re: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: mrm57 on Apr 01, 2008, 11:05 AM
i'll vote for not enough spots for a brown.......atlantic
Title: Re: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: bluegillslayer on Apr 01, 2008, 11:18 AM
i'll vote for not enough spots for a brown.......atlantic
an atlantic has x's for [spots]
Title: Re: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: Drifter_016 on Apr 01, 2008, 03:21 PM
an atlantic has x's for [spots]

Exactly
Title: Re: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: Fish Farmer on Apr 01, 2008, 07:42 PM
I'm betting it's a Rome Strain brown trout. I'm going by the white edged fin, never seen an Atlantic/LL with white edged fins.
Title: Re: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: UPSTATE on Apr 02, 2008, 03:22 PM
ide bet the farm its a brown..... :tipup:
Title: Re: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: Jimmy on Apr 02, 2008, 03:33 PM
Brownie, no doubt...

The first few Browns that I caught from the Rondout Reservoir in the Catskills looked just like it...  They are the "Seeforellen" trout that are mentioned above by Dull Hooks. 

They grow rediculously big (20lb Browns are not unusual in the NYC Water Supplies- but some 15lb fish are only 25" long!  Fatties!

I thought they were 'escapee' Landlockers from the Neversink Reservoir...  But after awhile I realized that they were just fat Browns without so much coloring as normal.

No doubt that yours is the same.  Good looking fish- but it's hard to beat the beauty of the butter-colored bad boys when they are all bright and yellowish... 
Title: Re: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: pikeking on Apr 20, 2008, 03:54 PM
(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m170/bobbydaddy8/tn.jpg)
20" 5lbs, local river, on a night crawler.
Title: Re: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: vivlamored on Apr 20, 2008, 04:08 PM
 this topic is getting warn a little thin on here and the shanty
Title: Re: is this a brown trout or salmon
Post by: troutchaser on Apr 22, 2008, 11:39 AM
BROWNIE=  NICE ONE 2