Lots of salmon??
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Definitely lots of wanderers.....not likely to change anytime soon with the numbers Michigan is stocking. I've seen plenty of Cohos in pics, most guys just assume theyre bows. Haven't seen any Chinnys tho I'm sure theres a few being caught
Josh
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We caught a pile of cohos last year and 2 kings out deep... I talk to alot of charters and anglers across the border on Erie and from Lake Huron as well... Our hypothesis is that they come from Huron...
FlyingViking
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Nice king!!!lol
Burwell august 2020, 65 FOW
FlyingViking
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Duh.. what gave it away? Lol
FlyingViking
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I would say, coho, rainbow, coho, rainbow in your pics but I can’t see the mouth or tail clearly:..
Merkinbrumsky
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They’re all coho.that last one looks like a king at first glance but I don’t see any black mouth.
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FlyingViking
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I can see that from the scale loss for sure…. But we had both rainbow and kings shed scales like that. The mouth tells the tail.
Merkinbrumsky
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The forked tail is a dead giveaway it’s not a steelhead
Michigan fish without a doubt.....they love to cruise the St Clair River during the cooler months and drop right on through into Erie. Although there are small self sustaining populations of wild Coho on Erie's north shore they don't nearly account for the numbers I've seen since Michigan resumed planting them.
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FlyingViking
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Is this forked?!!!
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I don't like to go by tail shape for the fact that all juvenile Salmonids have a forked tail
But yes, thats a Coho tail without a doubt! Spotting pattern is the best way to differentiate between bow and ho. Bows always have radiating rows of small spots across the entire tail. Coho have larger spots and tail coverage can vary quite a bit...Josh
Merkinbrumsky
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Not as pronounced as the others but not square like a steelie. Also, steelhead would have spots all over the tail. Not just top half. That’s the one that looks like a chinny but I don’t see a black mouth
This fish is a Chinook. Anal fin shape is my go to ID characteristic between Coho/Chinny...tho there are other features
Burwell august 2020, 65 FOW
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FlyingViking
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I know that’s a King. Just a weird one to be caught at burwell
FlyingViking
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Yes. We see that now that the tail is hanging. And jammer..: spots below the lateral line. Yes.All the pics I posted are coho's... I go by the spots on the tail...Next two fish... Bow then Coho... Look at the Tails...
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