primetime
11/1/2013 8:58:00 PMneither are steelhead? coho and chum! Also, if it has an adipose always release the wild steelhead!!!
kyamukun
11/1/2013 9:26:00 PMi'm still learning. i thought it was steelhead since there was no black in the mouth and there were spots on the tail. what else gives it away? either way i'm stoked to finally catch something other than a pink! wish it were bigger than 12"!
Seattle Pat
11/2/2013 6:29:00 AMWow dude - that chum is awesome in color! The other fish...hard to tell for sure. Coloring & face looks like a rainbow or steelhead, but the tail looks like too much V (hard to tell), and not a good shot of the mouth/tongue to make a positive ID. Great looking fish though!
kyamukun
11/2/2013 8:51:00 AMSeattle Pat, do you think this chum would've tasted good? I thought he was too old because of his dark colors and the fact that he had these strange white spots on his tail, anal fin, and one on his left gill. Looked similar to the white discoloration you see on zombie pinks.
HOOKEDONFISHING
11/2/2013 1:11:00 PMCoho have a v tail with a few spots on the top half of tail black mouth with white gums. Steelhead has spots all over tail and white mouth with white gums.
big2wheel
11/4/2013 5:56:00 AMIt will smoke OK. Some don't like it but chum smokes nice and soft. It accepts the smoke nicely .It gets very earthy if to old but by then you don't even want to touch the slimy bastards anyway. BTW had some red silvers. Not dinner plate but great on the smoker. Salmons tails are always more V than a trout....aka Steelhead. Easy " tell tail"
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