24 replies to this topic

[Knuguy]

I friend of mine caught this fish in a G. Bay trib a few days ago. Is it a coho? Where would have it originated?

[LordMykiss]

poor picture, but looks like a steelhead to me.

 

notice the fin colour and the colouration, this is not my fish in the picture

 

[salmotrutta]

Pink

[NOTTA STEELER]

Steelhead for sure , white tips on the fins . 

[salmotrutta]

Steelhead for sure , white tips on the fins . 

 

Well if you're not a steeler, how would you know?

 

Ok bad joke of the year goes to me  

 

Wish there was a better pic, my first thought was it could be a pink. 

[LordMykiss]

way too big to be pink, world record is 30 inches, unless his friend is a 10 year kid, that looks at least 27 inches.

[salmotrutta]

Yeah just looked up pink pics, doesn't look like it's one. I figured if it was was a steel, they would have known right off the bat. But it indeed has the shape, size and colouration of steel. 

[Float down]

Steel.

[NiagaraSteel]

Steelhead

[Knuguy]

But what about the hump on the back? I haven't seen a bow with that.

[Captain Barty]

If you are lucky enough to get a G-Bay coho you'll know it right away. Especially a male.

 

That fish is not even close..... Sorry

[IR4J]

I think the hump can be attributed to how the fish is being held, if you zoom in you can almost see Rosie pink Steelie cheeks through the mud

[salmotrutta]

http://www.ontariofi...o-thread/page-8

See above link for similar looking bow shot...

[BowSlayer]

only superior has fish with humps, all the other great lakes the cohos just turn red to purplish, that is a bow, might have a broken bone somewhere who knows, maybe a disease, point is, its definently not a coho, this time of year the will be dark red to purple especially a male, his mouth will look like its on steroids, also youre missing the main factor determining wether or not its a coho, cohos have dark grey tails with no spots on them, similair to browns, bows have spots in these patterns/lines.

[Captain Barty]

only superior has fish with humps, all the other great lakes the cohos just turn red to purplish, that is a bow, might have a broken bone somewhere who knows, maybe a disease, point is, its definently not a coho, this time of year the will be dark red to purple especially a male, his mouth will look like its on steroids, also youre missing the main factor determining wether or not its a coho, cohos have dark grey tails with no spots on them, similair to browns, bows have spots in these patterns/lines.

 

WRONG.

 

http://www.ontariofi...identification/

[Garfield the Cat]

But what about the hump on the back? I haven't seen a bow with that.

Just cuz you da knuguy........😀😀😀😀😀😉

[BowSlayer]

ya ok capatain barty, the point is lake ontario cohos do not have humps on their backs, pink salmon do, but id ont really count pink salmon as a lako species, theres like 5 of them swimming around in the lake.

[ChasinTails]

If I'm not mistaken the welland canal is the only way for them to come into lake 9 O

[BowSlayer]

cohos? we have tons of cohos in lake o, just not the humpback ones, but the ones in lake o tribs do turn red and i have quite a few pics with cohos from lake o and georgian bay with red cohos, but they do not have humps, we do have a small actually scratch that, tiny population of pinks in lake o and g-bay but it is very rare, those do have humps on their backs, but those fish are from superior, that accidentally made it here.

[steelhead101]

hes refering "humps" as pinks , there are some in all the great lakes but populations in all others combined wouldnt even be 5 percent of superior. the fish in the picture is a male steelhead that probably shot up straight from the lake. coho's look nothing like that, that would be a record pink, looks nothing like a chinook, looks nothing like a brown trout it is a steelhead. all our steelhead came from all over the west coast so they wont look the same.

 

the hump you guys are talking about is because when you hold a big fish like he is you break the bone that connects the jaw to the spine, thats why the back is mis alligned with the head making it to appear as a hump because he has broken its bones. never hold a fish like this if you plan to release it.