Posts: 1,039
Threads: 0
Joined: Jul 2002
Reputation:
0
[font "verdana, arial, helvetica"][size 2]Ok guys, a little help,
I've been catching trout just below Echo on the Web. that I'm having trouble telling whether they are rainbows or browns. Any descent fisherman can tell, right? Well how about a little tolerance for an old guy. For example, yesterday, caught 4 ranging from 13-14in. and all looked very similar. 2 had spots (black) on the body but not tail but a few on the gills, no orange around the spots, and no charateristic yellow/brown under body (white). The other 2 were identical but had a little smaller spots, had them on the tail, and no gill spots but had a purple tinge on the gills. Now my best guess is that the first 2 were browns and the last 2 were rainbows. Are they this similar in the winter or am I missing something? I've been having this type of problem all winter!
[unsure]Leaky[/size][/font]
Posts: 1,389
Threads: 0
Joined: Apr 2003
Reputation:
0
Since you said they didn't have any yellow or circles around the spots then they must be bows or cuts. If they were all silver with hardly any spots, I'd guess the first two were cuts and last were bows.
This sound about right?
[signature]
Posts: 733
Threads: 0
Joined: Feb 2003
Reputation:
0
I have seen Browns range from brilliant in color to what we first thought was an albino. F&G let us know that the Deer Creek Brown had just come from deep water and had not gotten it's color back yet. I used to have a picture of this 4lb. freak. If I can find it I'll post it. None the less, I have to agree that the first two were probably cuts and the last two were bows.
[signature]
Posts: 73
Threads: 0
Joined: Nov 2003
Reputation:
0
look at fins if its a rainbow it will have worn down fins orones you can tell healed
[signature]
Posts: 33,969
Threads: 446
Joined: Feb 2002
Reputation:
36
I've caught many browns that don't have orange around the spots, I always thought there were two different types of brown trout, the ones with the orange spots I call German Browns and the ones without the spots I call Brown trout. I've caught Brown trout up to 5 lbs without the orange spots so I thought most of the Browns in Utah did not have the orange spots. WH2
[signature]
Posts: 583
Threads: 0
Joined: Nov 2002
Reputation:
0
take a camera and post pics. I am sure we can figure it out.
tightline
[signature]
Posts: 528
Threads: 0
Joined: May 2003
Reputation:
0
I've caught quite a few small browns out of the Provo (when it goes through town) that only had red spots with nothing around them. I just figured that that was how they are supposed to look when they are little.
[signature]
Posts: 504
Threads: 0
Joined: Jul 2003
Reputation:
0
I guess that the first two were either cuts or Brown/bows. The 2nd were definetly Bows. Weird how some of those trout look, isn't it?
[signature]
Posts: 1,596
Threads: 0
Joined: Oct 2002
Reputation:
0
hey leaky,
i would say without looking at them the frist two were browns out of echo. they tend to be silvery pale color. the last two sound like cuts or planter rainbows to me. the purple sounds to me like a rainbow. the dots on the tail sounds like a cut. did you notice any cut markings on them? there are a few cuttbows on that area still also.
[signature]
Posts: 1,039
Threads: 0
Joined: Jul 2002
Reputation:
0
Xman,
Not being all that knowlegeable, your comments at first blush sound about right. No, none of them had any red slashes, etc., not even indistinct. Am about to post another post where I caught some more a little upstream that were very obviously browns. Very beatifull and good size!!!!!
[cool]Leaky
]