12-01-2014, 02:12 PM
I had a discussion with my friend while we were on the lake as to whether it was a Coho or a rainbow. Typically I only see that really shinny sides and scales coming off on Salmon, not rainbows. But the thing that made me decide it was a rainbow was the fact the the mouth was completely white inside and I think the jaw typically goes further back past the eye on a Salmon (bigger mouth). I personally am leaning towards Coho based on the shinny sides and scales coming off, but I can't account for the small mouth that is white inside unless it is a rainbow.
97, you'll notice in your picture that the mouth has black in it (with white gums, I'm sure) and the mouth goes back a ways past the eye. On mine it was completely white in the mouth and the jaw only goes back about equal to the eye or so.
Like I said in an earlier post. I have a hard time telling them apart. If I had my druthers, I'd prefer if it was a Coho because that will give me another species and I don't catch many Coho's. Rainbows are cake. But in this case, I'd have to put my money on Rainbow. I will defer to iliketofish's judgment. IL2F, sorry, but I don't have any other pictures.
Is there such a thing as a Coho/Rainbow hybrid? If so, I've never heard of it.
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97, you'll notice in your picture that the mouth has black in it (with white gums, I'm sure) and the mouth goes back a ways past the eye. On mine it was completely white in the mouth and the jaw only goes back about equal to the eye or so.
Like I said in an earlier post. I have a hard time telling them apart. If I had my druthers, I'd prefer if it was a Coho because that will give me another species and I don't catch many Coho's. Rainbows are cake. But in this case, I'd have to put my money on Rainbow. I will defer to iliketofish's judgment. IL2F, sorry, but I don't have any other pictures.
Is there such a thing as a Coho/Rainbow hybrid? If so, I've never heard of it.
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