32 LB Coho... North shore, possible hybrid(TBD)

[salmoseine]

[Glenn -Brazee]

Please be sure to let us know the final determination. Either way that’s a beast! Great job.

[fisherman21]

Be cool to see some pictures of it freshly caught


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[ifishy]

The article calls it a potential lake o record but that's not right the world record was caught in lake o and was a bit bigger that's still a monster though been a lot this year DEC and OMNR must be doing an ok job

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[Sk8man]

It says possible a record but I believe the current record Coho is 33 lbs?

 

Funny ifishy and I reacted at the same time

Edited July 31, 2021 by Sk8man

[steelhead'r]

I believe the Ontario biologist will be looking at and counting the pyloric caeca at the end of the stomach.  During the early days of the ESLO derby the grand prize was limited to chinook salmon. A hybrid coho chinook was caught and was a possible winning fish.  They brought the fish in to DEC where I was working. DEC did not want to get involved in a private contest but we did let them use our reference books to let them make a determination. I can't remember numbers but chinooks have a high number of pyloric caeca and cohos have much fewer number. The fish had a number about midway between and they determined it to be a hybrid. With that said both that fish and the one recently caught are true monsters. you never know what you're going to catch in Lake Ontario.

[windburn]

Thanks for the interesting insight Fred.

[fcboats]

They are referring to the Ontario record.

 

This is the current holder:

 

Coho Salmon (recordfishcanada.com)

 

[ifishy]

That make more sense I wasnt thinking Provence if it is a hybrid it would likely be natural wonder how often that happens

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