Fishing Report Port Weller.. ID?

[Tboz]

Was out for a few hours this morning before the rain came and chased us off the lake. Caught 6, kept two for dinner. All the same size. Alot of fun for my son and me. Only out in 35fow, not even past where the welland canal enters lake ontario.

So. I think they are both chinook? Any other thoughts? They look very different.
Thanks

 

[Captdb]

looks like black mouths inside, I’d say chinooks

 

[vmuravin]

I am going to say the coho on the right

 

[jammer]

Both coho's... Zoom in on tails...

 

[F7Firecat]

ton of cohos out there this year

 

[vmuravin]

I was not sure about the left one because only the top of the tail shown but this year lots of cohos! And some of them already passed the smoker and currently a problem for the municipality of K/W

 

[one.last.cast]

Both cohos. Chinook have spots all over tail. Lots of coho this year compared to few of years past

 

[Tboz]

Well. Thanks for everyone's input. All I know it was either a coho or chinook and delish...

 

[Tyler0420]

Should you keep fish you don’t know what they are? What if they were atlantics

 

[vmuravin]

You can keep 1x Atlantic with sport license

 

[one.last.cast]

Atlantic salmon has to be minimum of 24.8 inches or 63 cm.

 

[jph]

coho

 

[Josh Roelofsen]

Both coho. Lack of spotting across the entire tail is a good indicator The shape of the anal fin is also quite different between Coho and Chinook. A Coho anal fin has a leading edge that is nearly the same length as the trailing side. A Chinook will have a much shorter leading edge by comparison. Heres an example, Chinook on the left and Coho on the right...


Josh