Is this a cuttbow?

When in doubt just call it a triploid...
 
Smalma said:
Both fish are hatchery fish (brood stock/triploid?). A check with the recent planting history of the water fished should yield an answer to your question.
Curt
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How can you tell? That would be strange if they were. I was waay out in the middle of nowhere fishing a tiny creek that only went another mile or two before dead ending up the draw.
 
I'll be damned... Never expected they would stock a small creek way out there but you were right. Stocking record of 1500 "fine spotted yellowstone cutthroat." That's crazy... There were so many they looked way overcrowded in the shallow water. Like little sharks with there fins sticking out zipping around. Also shows observations of Grayling and other fish. Neat.


Is there a snipped fin or something I'm missing?
 
Wilderness Medic said:
Is there a snipped fin or something I'm missing?
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The worn down rounded off caudal, dorsal and pectoral fins give away those fish’s past time spent in concrete tanks crowded with their siblings.
 
Wilderness Medic said:
Shouldn't their adipose fins be clipper though?
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“Should” is a matter of opinion I suppose. Trout that are stocked in non-anadromous waters are usually not clipped in Washington. If you were fishing in Idaho, I have no clue what the standard practices are for clipping or not clipping hatchery fish. But I’m not surprised that trout were not adipose clipped.
 
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