The biggest one look like a native with an intact fin

I have been releasing any trout that has any anything that even has a bump for a fin. In my opinion the bottom and the middle fish would have been released from our boat. I don't see any need to have to argue about what is or is not a healed over scar when there are so many fish out there that are truly clipped and there is no part of the fin to have to argue about. The bottom fish in the picture is also a Redband and there is talk that even clipped Redband have to be released, There have been people that have asked WSFG to clarify there rules on Redband but I havn't heard of any clarification from them at this time.

Yessir!

I ran this bye my local WDFW fish bio and he believes they are just miss clipped and not a redband. He stated by looking at the other fins that they all appear to be hatchery fish. Everyone be careful out there and tight lines.

Nice harvest! They are all hatchery trout raised and produced solely for harvest so kill and eat.

Not a native, there is no doubt when you see a full adipose fin, they are that obvious. ;-)

I attended the meeting at WDFW in Spokane Valley when the redband trout issue was is was open for public attendance. There were two, yes two, people who bothered to show up. I was always under the impression a redband trout was different than other trout in Roosevelt so I asked how to tell the difference. I was told ALL native trout in Roosevelt are redband and coloration will depend on time of year, water flow, and specific habitat where the fish are at the time.

None of the trout above would have been released on my boat, well, maybe the darker one. I've pulled some out of Roosevelt like that before and they were not the best table fare.

Thanks for a good report!

none of those are close to an "intact adipose fin" the regs say this because its really hard to make sure you get the whole fin.

this is how one of the wardens phrased it to me on lake roosevelt.
"an intact adipose fin will have a part on the back that isnt attached to the fish, when they clip them thats the part they make sure to remove, lots of times the scars become a bump that looks like a fin, but they never regrow the back part."

Exactly kshorey and the pics above show precisely what you were told. There is no mistaking an intact adipose fin but a healed nub, bump, or partial fin is not. For pictures showing the difference between a clipped, healed "fin" and a fully intact adipose with the portion not attached to the fish see my report here - http://www.northwestfishingreports.com/ReportComment.aspx?id=2079&lid=450&t=5

Good fishing. :-)

Hey guys,
I think I can help clarify the new trout regulation on Lake Roosevelt, and there IS ALREADY a new regulation, though I don't think the word has been passed around very effectively yet. As of 12-3-16 the daily limit has been 5 AD-clipped trout only, so all wild trout must be released. Please don't take my word for it though. I'm just some dude behind a keyboard :) The change is listed in the "Corrections to the 2016 Rule Pamphlet" document available on the WDFW website: http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/
Like I said, I don't think the word has really gotten out about the change, but it is official as of last December.
To be clear, I'm not speaking to the legality of the fish in the pic, as it's often hard to tell for sure without close-ups; and if anything I'm grateful to the OP for starting this conversation. I was just hoping to help clarify any regulation confusion.
Tight lines everybody!

I think all the fish are really nice looking. Also, all three are clipped fish, bump or no bump. According to WDFW, any fish that has even a partially clipped fin, is still considered a clipped fish. That makes sense if you think about it, a native fish wouldn't even have a partially clipped fin. I would have kept all three fish as well. Thanks for the report juggalo.

I appreciate the comments. All three fish were fin clipped! The dark one was quite pretty when first landed on the beach but got darker by the time I got home and photographed it. To the boaters who thought I should release any questionable fish. I was shore fishing, which can be a challenge to release any fish. My question is, do you fish with barbless hooks when you release fish? I thought not!

All those fish to me look like they are fin clipped and that dark 1 i believe is not a redband. All of them would have died on my boat!