23lb sea trout caught

[Steve Coppolo]

Apparently, (so I've been told), it's to do with the wrist of the tail, the shape of the mouth, the position of the eye and the fact that a Salmon doesn't have spots under the lateral line.

 

Also, Sea Trout are known to run that river by those that know. Allegedly.

 

Just found this Salmon or Sea Trout?

Edited January 8, 2006 by Steve Coppolo

[Davy Holt]

Apparently, (so I've been told), it's to do with the wrist of the tail, the shape of the mouth, the position of the eye and the fact that a Salmon doesn't have spots under the lateral line.

 

Also, Sea Trout are known to run that river by those that know. Allegedly.

 

dose this look familiar??

 

 

or this

 

[Steve Coppolo]

dose this look familiar??

 

 

or this

 

 

They both appear to be Salmon, although you can't see the tail of the fish in the top photo.

 

Having studied the picture of the fish and the identity link thing I've posted above, I'll go with the scientist and say that it's definately a sea trout. The tail, wrist of the tail, mouth and spots are all consistent with it being a sea trout.

Edited January 8, 2006 by Steve Coppolo

[macky1]

are they UK sea trout or another countrys sea trout

[Davy Holt]

They both appear to be Salmon, although you can't see the tail of the fish in the top photo.

Correct they are both Salmon

 

Having studied the picture of the fish and the identity link thing I've posted above, I'll go with the scientist and say that it's definitely a sea trout. The tail, wrist of the tail, mouth and spots are all consistent with it being a sea trout.

 

The link you gave for the identity is a good one, but has one flaw It only show's fresh run fish, which the fish in question certainly is not. The mouth & colouration of the fish change the nearer they get to spawning time, however the top jaw bone very rarely ever passes the end of the eye on a Salmon but goes way past it on a Sea Trout. On the Norwich fish the jaw stops level with the end of the eye, were as on the pics of the big Sea Trout in the links I posted earlier clearly show the jaw bone extending way past the end of the eye.

[Steve Coppolo]

I think it depends on how you view the photo. It's very hard to make a 100% identification just from a photo, but the jaw bone looks like it goes back past the line of the eye to me. The tail is almost certainly convex from what I can see in the photo and the wrist of the tail isn't as pronounced as it would be in a Salmon, again, from what I can see in the photo.

 

It's a tough one to call. The chap who caught it says he looked it up in a book and identified it as a sea trout.

 

Bloody lovely fish though, whatever it is.

[wurzel]

It's a sea trout

 

also I don't think salmon feed as such in fresh water,

 

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After I returned it to the water it was chasing small fry again within half an hour, so obviously it was hungry.

[Grant]

Best thing is it was returned- bit big for a table that one!

[Sharkbyte]

Out of interest would it have even been legal to keep it?

 

I doubt it without having a licence.

[A Norfolk Boy]

Only the appropriate licence, not the standard one.