Help ID these fish -- just for kicks and giggles

[PBH]

Just for fun, let's see who can identify the fish in the attachment correctly. Winners may choose between a sloppy kiss from me, or a date with wormandbobber!

If someone gets all 11 correct, I'll let you know. If no one get's them correct, I'll continue to let people guess as long as there is interest.



FYI -- every fish in the pictures is from Utah.
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[prov17]

1. cutthroat
2. Rainbow
3. Cutthroat
4. Brookie
5. Rainbow
6. Rainbow
7. Splake
8. Brown
9. Blake
10 Rainbow
11. Rainbow
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[PBH]

Prov17: you got 9/11 -- not too bad!




I won't say what fish he got wrong.....I don't want any others copying his work!
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[Utcatman]

that was the most confusing thing that i have ever done! i am pretty sure i got most of them wrong.[blush].... but it was kinda fun trying.the last two i wasnt sure about.
JOe
answers..
1. bow
2. cutbow???
3. cutthroat
4. lake trout
5. FOOTball trout... bow
6. bow
7. splake
8. brown
9. tigers
10.bow? cutbow?? brownbow???
11.bow?cutbow??? brownbow??
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[PBH]

UTcatman -- good try! you missed 7!

I had to mark #'s 10 and 11 wrong for you -- you can only have 1 answer!
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[Utcatman]

dang.. i suck...[unsure] told ya i dont know what they are.... doesnt matter i know how to catch them, and that is what matters. I may not know what i am catching but i know how to catch them...[]
joe
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[nkunz]

1. Cut-bow
2. Rainbow
3. Cutthroat
4. Brook
5. Rainbow
6. Rainbow
7. Splake
8. Brown
9. Tiger trout
10 Rainbow
11. Rainbow
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[cat_man]

1. cutthroat
2. Rainbow
3. Cutthroat
4. Brook
5. Rainbow
6. Rainbow
7. Lake (Mac)
8. Brown
9. Brownbow
10 Rainbow
11. Rainbow
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[tightline]

1.Cutt
2.Rainbow
3.Cutt
4.Splake
5.Rainbow
6.BrownBow
7.Splake
8.Brown
9.Brake
10. Rainbow
11.CuttBow?
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[Fin-S-Fish]

I'll try. 6 is especially problematic

1. Bear lake bonneville cutthroat
2. rainbow
3. Colorado cuttthroat
4. brook trout
5. rainbow
6. brown trout
7. splake
8.brown trout
9. brake trout
10. rainbow
11. rainbow
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[Anthonygreer]

1. Cutt
2. Bow
3. Cutbow
4. Brook
5. Bow
6. Brownbow
7. Splake
8. Brown
9. Brake
10. Bow
11. Cutbow

Tough question. I'm not too familiar with hybrids and such so I will probably do badly. Tried.
Anthony
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[baetisman]

1. Cutt
2. Bow
3. Cutt
4. Brook
5. Bow
6. Bow
7. Lake
8. Brown
9. Tiger
10. Bow
11. Bow
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[hedgesd]

1. Cut Bear lake strain
2. bow
3. Cut Bonneville
4. Brook
5. bow
6. brownbow hybrid. Check out the eyes.
7. splake
8. brown
9. Tiger or brake. Both are similar but only one is worth while.
10. bow
11. cutbow no white fin markings

PBH 6 and 9 would be tough but since you've already posted those pics it's a little easier for us old timers.

Good post.

[Jedburton]

I agree with hedgesd
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[PBH]

I've been grading papers.....

so far -- tightline has done the best. here are the results:

nkunz -- 7/11
cat_man -- 7/11
tightline -- 10/11
Fin-s-Fish -- 9/11
Anthonygreer -- 8/11
Baetisman -- 7/11
hedges -- 8/11 (you can only have one answer per fish! take your pick on #9)
Jed Burton -- 0/11 (at least try man!)

#5,6,7 and #9 have NOT been the fish that everyone is missing. There is one fish that not one single person has ID'd correctly yet....
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[onelastcast]

1. cutt
2. rainbow
3. cutt
4. brook
5. rainbow
6. brownbow
7. splake
8. brown
9. brake
10. rainbow
11. cuttbow
Tough fish to id.

[PBH]

Onelastcast -- -2...9/11

Good try!


by the way, I made a mistake when I said that everyone had missed 1 particular fish. Tightline correctly identified it....he just missed a different one.
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[prov17]

How many tries to we get?
1. cutthroat
2. rainbow
3. cutthroat
4. splake
5. rainbow
6. brownbow
7. splake
8. brown
9. brake
10. rainbow
11. rainbow
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[luckybob]

Thanks for the "test" PBH. If you caught all those fish, I take my hat off to you. I just want to do better than onelastcast. Here's my quess.
1.cutt
2.cross between brook and bow
3.cutt
4.Brookie
5.bow
6.bow
7.splake
8.brown
9.tiger
10.cutt
11.cutt
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[PBH]

Prov17 really wanted that big sloppy kiss from me! Or, was it the date with wormandbobber that did it? 100% for Prov17!

#1. Cutthroat from Strawberry. Note the orange fins
#2. Rainbow from Kolob Res.
#3. Cutthroat from Kolob Res. spots gradually increase as you move towards the tail of the fish. Orange fins.
#4. Splake from Boulder Mtn. (this was the killer for most people). Look carefully at the splake. There are no blue halos around the red spots (brook trout characteristic), and the tail is somewhat forked (Brook trout have squar tails, Lake trout have deeply forked tails). Also, note the spots. Lake trout have irregular shaped spots. Splake have pretty circular spots.
#5. Rainbow from Mill Meadow
#6. Brownbow from Mill Meadow -- note the cataract in it's eye -- dead give-away!
#7. Splake from Mill Meadow
#8. Brown Trout from Diamond Fork
#9. Brake trout from Mill Meadow -- This one might have been hard for anyone that hasn't been on the site long enough to not recall discussions about this picture in the past.
#10. Rainbow -- pretty fish!
#11. Rainbow -- this one caught a few of you! It doesn't have lot's of spots like other rainbows. It's fins are a bit pink, but not orange. This particular river doesn't have cutthroat in it. Also, this river get's almost 0 natural reproduction. The only way it could be a cuttbow, would be for the hatchery to have stocked it. Utah doesn't have any hatcheries that produce cuttbows, so that eliminates that possibility. This fish is 100% rainbow trout.


I think that there are many people that are pretty cutt-bow trigger happy!

Thanks for playing!

Prov -- which prize do you want?
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