Difference btwn trout & salmon?

farechofisherman · 02-14-2008, 01:08 PM

the fish is most definitely a winni landlocked salmon, but i would agree that at times it is very difficult to tell. i have seen brown trout come out of new york city reserviors that look more like a landlocked salmon than a brown trout, i guess having to do with their enviroment-crystal clear waters make the brown trout look just like a salmon, and nothing like the browns you catch in the western part of the country. the jaw line is the best way to identify them, and then it is still tricky. there are no brown trout in winni, that i know of, and i have fished winni for nearly 50 years. technically speaking there are really no trout in winni, the lake trout actually being a cousin of the artic char, and the rainbow trout actually a strain of a pacific salmon. Brook trout (although not in winni eithert to any degree) are also not really a trout but, like the lake trout, is actually a descendant of the artic char, all of which has been discovered in the past dozen years or so through dna testing.

02-14-2008, 01:08 PM	#15
farechofisherman Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: moultonborough & harrison, ny Posts: 63 Thanks: 134 Thanked 44 Times in 15 Posts	landlocked winni salmon the fish is most definitely a winni landlocked salmon, but i would agree that at times it is very difficult to tell. i have seen brown trout come out of new york city reserviors that look more like a landlocked salmon than a brown trout, i guess having to do with their enviroment-crystal clear waters make the brown trout look just like a salmon, and nothing like the browns you catch in the western part of the country. the jaw line is the best way to identify them, and then it is still tricky. there are no brown trout in winni, that i know of, and i have fished winni for nearly 50 years. technically speaking there are really no trout in winni, the lake trout actually being a cousin of the artic char, and the rainbow trout actually a strain of a pacific salmon. Brook trout (although not in winni eithert to any degree) are also not really a trout but, like the lake trout, is actually a descendant of the artic char, all of which has been discovered in the past dozen years or so through dna testing.