its time for ice fishing.

[RANGER.101ST]

Originally Posted by BoundtofindME

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Anyone know what kind of fish this is? We thought it was a togue, but we're not sure. Caught on Eagle Lake in Acadia (on Groundhog Day.)

its a trout but i cant see what kind was it white with little black spots.

[tcrackly]

Could it be a salmon smolt or young laker?

[BoundtofindME]

Ranger - Yes it was white with little black spots, except the top part was much darker. So do you think lake trout?

tcrackly - are young lake trout's darker on top? I'm not familar with a salmon smolt, but that's what someone else thought it might be too.

Also, if you look closely, it appears the tail fin is cut or notched. Someone told me that indicates a stocked fish.

[tankratt]

Originally Posted by BoundtofindME

Also, if you look closely, it appears the tail fin is cut or notched. Someone told me that indicates a stocked fish.

I assume they notch fish the same in the U.S. but can't say for sure. but the salmon and steelhead I fish for they notch the adipose fin. This allows you to distiguish wild from hatchery. Sometimes you get to keep wild sometimes not, nuthin like hiring a surveyor to help you through the reulation and boundry areas huh?

My two cents is a young salmon Kokanee, Mind you I never have put a line in the water in Maine,

On a side bar I am gearing up to fish for blackmouth on Puget Sound, An Immature chinook salmon they only get 4 to 15 pounds on average, but taste great

[BoundtofindME]

Originally Posted by tankratt

I assume they notch fish the same in the U.S. but can't say for sure. but the salmon and steelhead I fish for they notch the adipose fin. This allows you to distiguish wild from hatchery. Sometimes you get to keep wild sometimes not, nuthin like hiring a surveyor to help you through the reulation and boundry areas huh?

My two cents is a young salmon Kokanee, Mind you I never have put a line in the water in Maine,

On a side bar I am gearing up to fish for blackmouth on Puget Sound, An Immature chinook salmon they only get 4 to 15 pounds on average, but taste great

Just found a picture of a salmon smolt - yep it pretty much looks like that.

The regulations for fishing here are alot more straight forward -- but diff depending on what lake you fish on. Wow, hiring someone to help you figure it out, the fines must be steep.

Fish On!

[Footdoc43]

I am pretty sure it is an: Arctic Char...which we do have here in Maine.



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