Fishing Report 'bow or no?

[DST]

The hinge point of the jaw is pretty far back from the eyes for a pure strain rainbow

 

[Elmerfudd]

It does look like a male skamania head and jaws but not “pike” shaped enough in my mind.

 

[fireram]

It would appear this is not the first time this debate has come up on this forum:

can you tell me the difference between these 2 fish?

These are the 2 rainbows we caught today. They look different to me and when I cleaned the one fish the meat is a little whiter than I'm used to when cleaning rainbow! Whats up with that? Anyone know? Fish #1 Fish #2

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[Josh Roelofsen]

The hinge point of the jaw is pretty far back from the eyes for a pure strain rainbow

Curious what other 'strain' would account for the lengthy jaw? I am not aware of any partial or non rainbow 'strains' of trout that would be found in lake Erie.

 

[Fishboss]

Looks to me like a salmon mouth

 

[stomp]

Here's the same fish fresh out of the water. @Mickey Finn mentioned that its flesh was different than the others, hence the discussion
I would rule out Coho as the spots are distributed evenly across the tail. Although it didn't but up much of a fight, maybe it's a "Tali'bow"?

 

[anonymoose]

bow fo' sho', yo.

 

[Fishboss]

Yea it's a mix breed

 

[Alby]

Flat tail fin so i.d say bow