Fish ID

[JOE ESOX]

Hi all- Have been playing with browns in Lake O this spring while counting down the days till musky season. Have had some great success, but still not the best at ID'ing all the species out there. What is this? My guess would be coho based on what i've read on here...

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[bsheremeta]

atlantic salmon

[challenged1]

Atlantic for sure.

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[JOE ESOX]

Ah ok.   Thanks guys.

[Tim Bromund]

WTF are you guys looking at?  That looks NOTHING like an Atlantic. That is a coho.

[momay4000]

^{That's a coho salmon (nice picture of one as well). Forked tail, spots only on top portion of tail, whitish/grey mouth instead of pure white (steelhead) or dark black (Chinook).}

 

^{I think it's important to ID this fish properly, b/c it would not be a legal Atlantic at less than 25".}

 

^{Edit: Atlantics also have spots on the gill area.}

 

^{Thanks for sharing,}

 

^Chris

Edited May 22, 2014 by momay4000

[orangediablo]

im with Tim

[nils]

ditto......coho

[tlox]

Its an Atlantic Coho

[bout time]

This is an Atlantic. Spots are sparatic and on gill plate

[Thun]

Here's a pretty good visual identification guide for Lake Ontario. It was posted by someone else out here a while ago and I wish I could remember who it was to credit them but I can't.

 

http://www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/glsportfish/pdfs/SalmonTrout-LakeOntario2012.pdf

[Chas0218]

I noticed too with atlantics they have a light colored band that goes around the tail along with the spots on gill plate.

[dvdegeorge]

Here is an Atlantic

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[bandrus1]

ring on left hand finger

 

I say its a Suckser

[JOE ESOX]

ring on left hand finger

 

I say its a Suckser

Haha!    Ok thanks for the ID guys.  I was a bit confused with the atlantic ID as well... i originally thought it was a coho, but i'm still a newbie as far as trout/salmon go.   Have caught a few of these this spring and it was bugging me that i was not 100% sure what it was.   Tight lines

[ontherise]

#cohoski

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[bluewater]

Definitely coho

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[Iceman]

Coho 4 sure!

[GAMBLER]

WTF are you guys looking at?  That looks NOTHING like an Atlantic. That is a coho.

[Silver Fox]

Bullhead

[Big Water]

WTF are you guys looking at?  That looks NOTHING like an Atlantic. That is a coho.

       LMAO

Edited May 22, 2014 by Big Water

[Shelby Lynn]

WTF = What's This Fish? Just Kidding      

[Adk1]

 

WTF are you guys looking at?  That looks NOTHING like an Atlantic. That is a coho.

 

I agree and I have never caught one yet!

[jigstick]

its a gar pike

[challenged1]

Got to look at the pic on my computer and its a coho.  From my not so smart phone i looked the other day.  Maybe a hybrid bull shark pup on the other hand! Lol!