09-25-2015, 09:41 PM
[quote Blackellunge][quote HD7000]Definitely bows...look at the white tipped anal fins.
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ill have to remember this tip! - super tough to tell them apart sometimes. DNR shoudl have a seminar on identifiying these crazy cut hybrids[/quote]
[#0000FF]No hybrids involved. Pure rainbows...triploid so they don't spawn.
DWR may need to train some of their personnel first. At one time they were issuing tickets to anglers who kept rainbows at Strawberry...if they had "cutt markings". And they were looking strictly at the orange slashes under the jaw. Turns out there are lots of 100% pure rainbows that occasionally have the little orange lines under their chins.
If you have caught and seen enough of both species...rainbows and cutthroat...there is usually little doubt as to the proper identity. You run a quick mental computer scan picking up the spotting patterns, fin colors, body coloration, etc.
By the way, I absolutely love how many skilled biologists we have on this board who can immediately identify a species from a sometimes indistinct photo. At best they usually get the correct family ID...if not the genus and species.
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ill have to remember this tip! - super tough to tell them apart sometimes. DNR shoudl have a seminar on identifiying these crazy cut hybrids[/quote]
[#0000FF]No hybrids involved. Pure rainbows...triploid so they don't spawn.
DWR may need to train some of their personnel first. At one time they were issuing tickets to anglers who kept rainbows at Strawberry...if they had "cutt markings". And they were looking strictly at the orange slashes under the jaw. Turns out there are lots of 100% pure rainbows that occasionally have the little orange lines under their chins.
If you have caught and seen enough of both species...rainbows and cutthroat...there is usually little doubt as to the proper identity. You run a quick mental computer scan picking up the spotting patterns, fin colors, body coloration, etc.
By the way, I absolutely love how many skilled biologists we have on this board who can immediately identify a species from a sometimes indistinct photo. At best they usually get the correct family ID...if not the genus and species.
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