Fish IDs needed

[Anderoo]

To extend a very interesting topic on the fly fishing forum, could I ask people's opinion about what the following fish are. They are all from the same small river (a Thames tributary in Oxfordshire), some on fly, others accidents when trotting:

 

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4.

 

5.

 

Be brave and get guessing

[watatoad]

:bigemo_harabe_net-163:

 

I am pretty sure they are not Goldfish

[Steve Walker]

And just so Anderoo doesn't look too green, I think his question is whether they are actually what they would at first glance appear obviously to be

[watatoad]

And just so Anderoo doesn't look too green, I think his question is whether they are actually what they would at first glance appear obviously to be

 

Anderoo has developed the Midas touch...brilliant, have not seen such tinting for several years last lot I say was from a chemical leakage...maybe this is food dye from home made groundbait...hehehe

[Anderoo]

OK, allow me to spoon feed.

 

Are they brown trout, sea trout, or salmon?

 

I don't know what watatoad means by dye, these are original unedited photos.

 

Serious question, there is no trickery involved.

[lozza]

Were they all caught at the same time of the year?

[watatoad]

Sorry I appologise for thinking it was a wind-up. I hope this will help making the hard identification between a salmon parr and a sea trout

 

Salmon:

1: 1 to 4 marks on the gills sometimes it can just be a splodge

 

2: more streamlined in shape

 

3: more forked tail

 

4: does not appear to be much orange in the andipose fin

 

5: smallish mouth

 

6: sharper snout

 

7: few marks below the fishes lateral line

 

8: Salmon have a narrow tail base with a noticeable wrist

 

9: shorter maxilla does not extend beyond the eye

 

10: The Salmon's eye extends no further than the mouth

 

 

Sea Trout:

1: tail of the Sea Trout will be square, even convex

 

2: Sea Trout's eye extends further than the mouth

 

3: larger number of markings below the lateral line

 

4: tail base is wide, with no noticeable wrist

 

5: many more marks on the gills

 

6: shorter pectoral fin

 

7: orange in the andipose fin

 

8: larger mouth

 

9: blunter snout

 

10: longer maxilla extending beyond the eye

 

EDIT:

But I would not consider myself an expert and will happily bow to those with far more knowledge in this area, a very difficult job.

 

but they both eat well...hehehe and there are receipts you can use for both...hehehe

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Edited June 2, 2010 by watatoad

[Tigger]

I would say looking at the pic's that there all Brown trout, but then again I may well be wrong.

[Dick Dastardly]

I would say they are all browns mate just natural variation.

[ayjay]

, could I ask people's opinion about what the following fish are.

 

 

 

Be brave and get guessing

 

Supper; probably tea as well depending on your location.