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Title: lower Fraser-May 7
Post by: lucky on May 07, 2006, 04:17:17 PM: Headed over to the north arm this afternoon to do a bit of barfishing and coarse fishing, got the girlfriend setup with some roe and a bar rig to try for some bull trout, and I set myself up with some dough balls on an ultralight setup hoping for some chub or bullhead action. The wind was really howling and although I was getting bites it was to hard to really feel them so I gave up on the chub. A few minutes later I was watching the bar rod and in between gusts of wind I noticed a small tap tap and set the hook. The small fish started leaping everywhere and I though it was a fiesty dolly, but as I reeled in I could see alot of dark spots so I assumed it was a cutthroat, but upon bringing to shore I noticed it was a nice looking little rainbow, or possibly steelhead smolt? that was the only fish caught today but put up a nice fight for the size unlike the fight of the hatchery fish I have caught lately.

http://www.fishingwithrod.com/member/gallery/lucky/Picture_394
Title: Re: lower Fraser-May 7
Post by: Xgolfman on May 07, 2006, 07:24:26 PM: it looks like this one pretty much, so would say it's a cuttie
(http://www.fishingwithrod.com/albums/golfman65/IMG_1451.jpg)
Title: Re: lower Fraser-May 7
Post by: THE_ROE_SLINGER on May 07, 2006, 07:55:20 PM: thanks for the report lucky, nice fish
Title: Re: lower Fraser-May 7
Post by: Coho Cody on May 07, 2006, 08:19:25 PM: i say cutty ;)
Title: Re: lower Fraser-May 7
Post by: UMAKKO on May 07, 2006, 09:16:10 PM: I'd say cuttie, too.
Title: Re: lower Fraser-May 7
Post by: Rodney on May 07, 2006, 09:38:24 PM: You are all wrong, it's a dollie. ;D

How's the water clarity today lucky?
Title: Re: lower Fraser-May 7
Post by: kingpin on May 07, 2006, 09:41:04 PM: looks like a little trout not a cuttie as it doesnt seem to have that red slash under the gills
Title: Re: lower Fraser-May 7
Post by: Big Steel on May 07, 2006, 09:41:09 PM: Quote from: Rodney on May 07, 2006, 09:38:24 PM
You are all wrong, it's a dollie. ;D

How's the water clarity today lucky?
Are you sure Rodney, I thought that it was a Brooky!! ;D ;D
Title: Re: lower Fraser-May 7
Post by: Fish Assassin on May 07, 2006, 09:53:10 PM: You got it all wrong. It's a red herring ;)
Title: Re: lower Fraser-May 7
Post by: lucky on May 08, 2006, 06:00:45 AM: water clarity was around 10 inches
Title: Re: lower Fraser-May 7
Post by: kellya on May 08, 2006, 07:45:35 AM: Quote from: kingpin on May 07, 2006, 09:41:04 PM
looks like a little trout not a cuttie as it doesnt seem to have that red slash under the gills
In lots of them its very hard to see or sometimes not there. Cutties have lots of different looks it gets confusing. ???
Title: Re: lower Fraser-May 7
Post by: catfish on May 08, 2006, 08:53:02 AM: It looks like a cuttie to me.

I find a lot of people call bulltrout "dollies" and I often wounder if they use the dolly name for quick ID or do they not know that dollies and bulltrout are two completely diffrent fish. They don't even look alike as dollies have an underdeveloped head compared with the cutties.

anyways...nice fish
Title: Re: lower Fraser-May 7
Post by: Coho Cody on May 08, 2006, 04:27:21 PM: many cutties have a very very faint slash under there throat though
Title: Re: lower Fraser-May 7
Post by: Coho Cody on May 09, 2006, 04:10:08 PM: lol ::)
Title: Re: lower Fraser-May 7
Post by: RalphH on May 09, 2006, 08:13:59 PM: the fish in the photo is definitely a cutthroat. The spots are somewhat x shaped unlike the definite spots of a rainbow. The deifinite mark of a cutthroat is not the red slash under the jaw but the length of the maxilary, if it extends past the eye it is a cutthroat
Title: Re: lower Fraser-May 7
Post by: Coho Cody on May 09, 2006, 08:56:04 PM: good explanation RalphH
Title: Re: lower Fraser-May 7
Post by: UMAKKO on May 09, 2006, 10:03:35 PM: So, is the fish on the top of the home page (and also the same fish on the top of this page between bull trout and coho salmon) cuttie? ???
Title: Re: lower Fraser-May 7
Post by: Rodney on May 09, 2006, 10:33:08 PM: Quote from: UMAKKO on May 09, 2006, 10:03:35 PM
So, is the fish on the top of the home page (and also the same fish on the top of this page between bull trout and coho salmon) cuttie? ???

Nope, that would be a rainbow trout. :)
Title: Re: lower Fraser-May 7
Post by: summersteel on May 11, 2006, 10:29:14 PM: Very usefull info about IDing a cuttie, it looks like there is a bit of red slash showing on the throat as well.