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[nosey]

Looks a lot like a big cutty to me.

[Bone Cross]

Careful Cohoslayer! The Secret Bait!!!!!!!!!!!!! The second fish is a sea-run cutthroat too. Believe it or not but Cutthroat's slashes under the gills can be so faint that they can not be seen. If you had a better picture of the fish's head I could tell better.

[cohoslayer1]

here is the fish head but the string from the camera got in the way

does this help?

[searun17]

Its definitely a big cutty, beauty fish.

[marmot]

my votes on rainbow! Ive seen lots of spotted up ones on interior streams, just like that.  Mouth looks too small to be a cutty.

[Bone Cross]

Yup that is definitely a sea-run Cutthroat. Nice fish.

[Bone Cross]

I agree with marmot I myself have seen many rainbows with heavy spots However you can tell this is a cutthroat due to the golden head.

[searun17]

Yes i agree rainbows can have heavy spotting ,but typically the bows spots are more round in shape than the spots on a cutty,the spots on this fish are in a small v shape which is typical of our local cutty population,to be 100% percent sure though i think seeing the fish in person would make it easier to tell.

[Rodney]

Nice fish indeed, and certainly fantastic to see a young angler such as yourself can enjoy and appreciate good quality of fishing without travelling too far. I also just want to bring up the point that some have made about the last fish photo, which shows the fish was laying on soil instead of water. One can only do his or her best of course, so no blames are intended here. My suggestion would be, fish look better in the water when taking photos. Although the fish was on the ground for a few seconds, some damages could still take place. I doubt any harm was done to the fish's vital systems, but scale and slime loss can also lead to serious issues later on. This concern is especially voiced for fish populations that are on the decrease in recent years, such as the Fraser Valley wild coastal cutthroat trout.

It's a learning process, and suggestions can never hurt. I once took released fish photos like those, not anymore.

Keep up the good writing and photos.

[Bone Cross]

hey Rod. What's your guess on the species?

[Rodney]

I ain't saying, my fish professor and all these hard working hatchery people lurk here.

[cohoslayer1]

i was talkin g to a guy  on the river today and he said it might be a dolly.
and the first one he said was defintly not a steelhead he said it was a cutbow interbreed specials of fish. that is a resindent to the river.


i picked my second biggest today and nicest fish of all the ones i have landed.

i will sahre pics later after dinner

[Sterling C]

Definitly not a dolly. Here's a pic of what a dolly looks like.

[kellya]

Thats a sea run cutt

thats a res bow from a river
yours is sorta in between

[Bone Cross]

Not all Cutts look the same remember. Some have lots of spots, some have little spots. It all depends on the fish.