Sea Trout I.d ?

[Guest tigger]

Slightly off the subject, but,

Salmon have a Concave tail fin and trout [sea or otherwise] have straight tail fin.

 

Colin

 

I thought the sea trout had a v in it's tail and a salmons tail was shaped like a wallpaper scraper.

tigger.

[Tog]

One of the 'queer' things about a sea trout is its tail is much straighter than a std trout (very much 'v'ed) or salmons (which curve).

And I've tailed a few seatrout - and wished I had a net! but they do have a much firmer wrist than a std trout but not a handle like a salmon.

[salmo6934]

I have just looked at the website promotion site. There is a good example of Seatrout ID on it under Sea Trout Sites. In particular the difference between trout and salmon.

As they say a picture is worth a thousand words.

[Squimp]

I have just looked at the website promotion site. There is a good example of Seatrout ID on it under Sea Trout Sites. In particular the difference between trout and salmon.

As they say a picture is worth a thousand words.

 

A friend and I caught 3 'fish' on the Thames above Oxford a couple of seasons ago. They were 'trouty' loooking and between 2 and 3 pounds each. I showed the photos to an EA contact and it was suggested that they were sea trout.

 

A few weeks later I took the pics to a Consultative meeting and flashed them around and was given a true i.d. by the guys who run Coln Flyfishers. These fish were browns stocked into tribuitaries of the Upper Thames and they had moved miles down the main river over the months since they were stocked.

 

Even so called 'experts' can get this one wrong.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Tim Marks

[hoppy1]

 

This should help and can be printed if any one needs a copy

 

Hoppy

http://www.seatroutfishing.net

http://seatroutfishing.proboards34.com

Edited January 22, 2006 by hoppy1