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what kind of fish is this?
« on: December 02, 2009, 07:06:34 PM »
I caught a fish on the vedder today.It was bout 16 inches long, a fat fish like the jack coho this year it was crome with a golden back with spots like a jack spring but the spots were extemely large black perfect circles all along the back not to far down the sides I didnt get a chance to take notice if it was hatchery because I was to amazed by the spots and it slipped out of my hand as I held it in the water guite quickly.Could it be a type of trout I heard there are brook trout that look like this in foley.
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Re: what kind of fish is this?
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2009, 07:27:01 PM »
It might have been a dolly varden, but they have pink spots.
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Re: what kind of fish is this?
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2009, 07:31:25 PM »
No brook trout in Foley that I know of.
People commonly mistake them for dollies though, may have been a dolly or bull trout.
Dollies mostly have yellow and pink spots though. Did you by chance see a red slash under the jaw? Could have very well of been a cutty :


This is a dolly:


And a resident rainbow too because they frequent the Vedder :
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Re: what kind of fish is this?
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2009, 08:05:51 PM »
must have been a cutty it looked alot like the one in the picture just half as many spots and each one was perfectly round.
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Re: what kind of fish is this?
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2009, 08:15:12 PM »
Thats an Island Cutty.
I have found the ones on the Island are ALOT different looking that Lower Mainland ones.
Older and larger cutties tend to take on the bronzish tone, which is why I posted that pic because I was trying to match the colour you saw.
They can be totally covered in spots (typical cutty) or be more like a cutt-bow and have spots only on thier backs.
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Re: what kind of fish is this?
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2009, 09:01:12 PM »
I think this fish might match up what you were describing. this is my biggest cutty to date and closely resembles what you described.

does this match closer to what you caught ??



I have never caught a cutty in the Vedder so its cool to know they are in there from time to time  ;D
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Re: what kind of fish is this?
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2009, 09:03:27 PM »
or perhaps this cutty matches better  ;D this one is the same size as the one you caught. the other i posted was about 22/23 inches  ;D ;D

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Re: what kind of fish is this?
« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2009, 10:41:35 PM »
like this?
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Re: what kind of fish is this?
« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2009, 11:01:09 PM »
I'm going to go with jack coho. Sounds like one by the description. Plus there are very very few cutthroat in the Vedder.

Here's a picture of a jack coho. Obviously as they get closer to spawning they will color more.

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Re: what kind of fish is this?
« Reply #9 on: December 03, 2009, 09:00:35 PM »
Im pretty sure it was a cutty after seeing those pics those are some sweet cutyy pics guys wish I had my camera that day.
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Re: what kind of fish is this?
« Reply #10 on: December 04, 2009, 12:36:13 AM »
Did you notice if the spots were present below the lateral line?
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Re: what kind of fish is this?
« Reply #11 on: December 04, 2009, 10:17:49 AM »
Quote from: HOOK on December 02, 2009, 09:01:12 PM


Sorry to derail but that is a pig, nice fish...... love cutties :o
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Re: what kind of fish is this?
« Reply #12 on: December 04, 2009, 11:16:48 AM »
HOOK is that the nick? where u got that cuttie? or the serp? NICE FISH BTW ive pulled a few out of there before.
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Re: what kind of fish is this?
« Reply #13 on: December 04, 2009, 01:08:22 PM »
Neither of those rivers... and I hope he doesn't say it on the forum.
That place was packed ast spring when it normally didn't have many people.
Hook was that caught right where it dumps in? I had a savage hit there and had a fish snap me off after about 3 seconds on an Olive Woolly Bugger.
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Re: what kind of fish is this?
« Reply #14 on: December 04, 2009, 09:11:21 PM »
ED,

I'm not Hook of course, but I recognize the area and yes ... It looks like it's riight where is flows in.

Right hook!

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